70 years since the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene became Czechoslovakia’s first relocated building

Photo: Jolana Nováková, Czech Radio

Seventy years ago, a technical operation took place in Prague that had no precedent in Czechoslovakia at the time. The small Baroque Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene beneath Letná Hill was meant to be demolished to make way for an enormous Stalin monument. In the end, it was saved by being relocated, making it the first building in the country to be preserved in this way.

The Chapel of St Mary Magdalene stands on the banks of the Vltava river, not far from the centre of Prague.

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