Renew: 09/28/2023 00:25
Issued by: 09/28/2023, 00:25

Prague – Government offices and several ministries will open their doors to visitors today on Czech Statehood Day. In Prague’s Malá Strana, one can see the Straka Academy, the seat of the government, and the Nostic Palace, the seat of the Ministry of Culture. Guided tours are also available for those interested in the historic buildings of the Ministry of Agriculture in Těšnov and Malá Strana, where they can see behind the scenes of the Ministry of Finance and the interesting locations of the former monasteries of the Discalced Carmelites and the Virgin of England. Prague’s sanitary station also joined the open day, inviting visitors to its building, known since the Middle Ages as Stará rychta, on Rytířská street.

Strakova visitor Academy today they not only had the opportunity to see its corners, the government meeting room, the press room or the place used for protocol purposes by the current Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS), but also the cars driven by constitutional officials in that period. from the 1960s to the beginning of the new millennium. Their three-day exhibition will start today in the gardens of the Straka Academy.

“On display are, for example, the Tatra 603, which was produced only for government officials, the unique Tatra 700, which Miloš Zeman created for his purpose, or, for example, Václav Klaus’s Audi A8. “The vehicles on display will also be equipped with a rare Tatra 613 Special, which was supposed to be liquidated,” said Jana Kotalíková, head of the government office.

Currently, the public can also see spaces that are not usually accessible to the public in the ministry’s historic building agriculture, designed by architect František Roith. The guided tour will take them to the former ministerial representative’s apartment, state secretary’s office, meeting room or ministerial office, and they will also learn something about the history of the building, which was the first building in Prague to be built using cast concrete. .

During a ministry tour finance the public can view exhibitions of past and present customs as well as exhibitions of the Printing of State Valuables, and they can also print commemorative tablets on printing presses from the mid-19th century. This event also includes lectures on financial literacy and presentations of the work of the Directorate General of Finance, the State Representative Office for Property, the Financial Arbitrator and the Joint Service Center State Treasury. In the adjacent Vojanové gardens, people will be introduced to the world-famous customs guard dogs from the training center in Heřmanice.

Contributing organizations will also introduce these services to visitors culture. Those who visit his Nostic Palace can see, for example, the historic velocipede or motorbike that Brno rider Alexandr Vyslužil rode in the 1980s, or the ticket catalogue, a rather mysterious wooden box with drawers from the National Library, from the exhibition of the Technical Museum in Brno. There will be examples of folk art from the National Museum in Nature or the National Institute of Folk Culture.

The people of Prague also want to introduce their activities to visitors cleaning expert. For example, he will explain the problems of restaurants and food stalls, products that threaten public health, infectious diseases or diseases of civilization. However, they will also inform you about the history of their headquarters, which they have occupied for more than 140 years. In past centuries, this complex of houses housed royal magistrates, a wine bar, a theater company and Junák’s scout organization. Jan Nepomucký was martyred in a hut there.

Those interested can find more detailed information about the events on each institution’s website.

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