1747 - Byvala posta Stod - Czech Republic, EU
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N 49° 38.334 E 013° 09.983
33U E 367612 N 5500097
Stara postovni budova ve Stode / The old postal building in Stod
Waymark Code: WMA5RA
Location: Plzeňský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/21/2010
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Dum "Stare posty" cp. 12, pozdeji hostinec "U labute" Josefa Schwana, zvany tez Suvorovuv dum, stoji na rohu Komenskeho namesti v blizkosti nabrezi. Upouta na sebe vyraznou barokni fasadou, slozenou ze tri bohate zdobenych stitu. Na jednom ze stitu je reliefni plastika cisarskeho dvouhlaveho orla, druhy stit nese letopocet 1747, datum vystavby realizovane autorem Jana Jiriho Antona Puntichana. Ve fasade je osazena pametni deska ruskeho generala A. V. Suvorova, ktery tu v roce 1799 prenocoval. Budova slouzila postovni trati Praha - Plzen - Klenci. Stavba byla v letech 1997 - 98 rekonstruovana.
The house of the Old Post Office 'No. 12, later pub "The Swan" Joseph Schwan, also called Suvorov house stands on the corner of the Comenius square near the waterfront. It attracts to itself a distinct baroque facade, composed of three shield richly decorated. On one of the shields is a relief sculpture of the imperial double-headed eagle, the second shield bears the year 1747, the date of construction carried out by the author John George Anton Puntichana. The facade is a commemorative plate of the Russian general A.V. Suvorov, who have spent the night in 1799. The building served the postal route Prague - Plzen - Klenci. The building was in the years 1997 to 1998 was reconstructed.
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