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12-438: "Leten", originally called "summer camp" or "place to sunbathe" gained its importance in the Middle Ages, when the first military camps were located there due to their strategic location. The areas were mainly vineyards and gardens. It was not until the end of the 19th century that it began to be systematically colonized. Over time, the plains of this area of the city became a place of meeting, entertainment and recreation. In 1955,

24-556: A large monument to Joseph Stalin was erected at the edge of Letná Park. This statue was destroyed in 1962 and the Prague Metronome now occupies the site. In the 'Normalisation' period after the Warsaw Pact troops invastion of 1968, the park was the location for the founding event of the Český automobilový klub žen [Czech Women’s Automobile Club]. In January 1969 a group of women driving instructors and motoring journalists put on

36-511: A liability to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia . As ordered by the Soviet Union , it was taken down with 800 kilograms (1,800 lb) of explosives. In 1990, pirate radio station Radio Stalin operated from a bomb shelter beneath the statue's plinth . The same shelter was also the home of Prague's first rock club in the early 1990s. Since 1991, the marble pedestal has been used as

48-582: A public skills test for women drivers, which led to the formation of the club. The club is still active. During the Velvet Revolution , a plain next to the Letná Park ( Letenská pláň ) was the site of some important demonstrations against the Communist government. On the 25th and 26 November 1989 approximately 750,000 people protested in here. Singer Michael Jackson kicked off his HIStory World Tour at

60-476: Is a popular skateboarding location. Stalin%27s Monument (Prague) Stalin's Monument ( Czech : Stalinův pomník ) was a 15.5 m (51 ft) granite statue honoring Joseph Stalin in Prague , Czechoslovakia . It was unveiled on 1 May 1955 after more than 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 years of work, and was the world's largest representation of Stalin. The sculpture was demolished in late 1962. The monument

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84-489: The base of a giant kinetic sculpture of a metronome . In 1996, the pedestal was briefly used as a base for a 35-foot-tall (11 m) statue of Michael Jackson as a promotional stunt for the start of his HIStory World Tour . A billboard promoting Civic Democratic Party leader Václav Klaus was erected on the site during the Czech parliamentary elections of 1998 but was removed soon after due to high winds. A green plaque below

96-542: The metronome reads: Metronome Letenské sady The Metronome, the work of sculptor Vratislav Karel Novák  [ cz ] , was erected in 1991 atop the massive stone plinth that originally served as the base for the monument to Soviet leader Josef Vissarionovich Stalin. Work began on Prague's Stalin monument towards the end of 1949, and in May 1955, it was finally unveiled. The largest group sculpture in Europe during its existence,

108-440: The monument had a reinforced-concrete structure faced with 235 granite blocks, weighing 17,000 tonnes and costing 140 million crowns to complete. The gigantic composition, by sculptor Otakar Švec and the architects Jiří  [ cz ] and Vlasta  [ cz ] [his wife] Štursa, did not tower for long over the medieval centre of Prague: in connection with Soviet criticism of Stalin's " cult of personality ,"

120-453: The park on September 7, 1996, approximately 130,000 people attended the concert. On June 23, 2019, more than 250,000 people gathered on the Letná plain , calling on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to resign amid allegations of conflict of interest and criminal fraud. Nowadays the Letná Park is conceived more as an area of recreation, leisure and outdoor sports practice. The area around the metronome

132-1257: The work was dynamited and removed towards the end of 1962. The City of Prague has been considering several options for redevelopment of the site for years, including a plan to build an aquarium. The remaining socle is a popular meeting point for skateboarders and other people. Vratislav Karel Nov%C3%A1k Look for Vratislav Karel Novák on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Vratislav Karel Novák in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use

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144-459: Was located on a huge concrete pedestal, which can still be visited in Letná Park . It was the largest group statue in Europe, measuring 15.5 m (51 ft) high and 22 m (72 ft) long. The sculptor was Otakar Švec , who killed himself a few days before the unveiling. The process of de-Stalinization began shortly after the unveiling of the monument. The monument, therefore, became

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