photograph: Rudolf Komár for PrahaIN.cz/Michal Hroza
POLITICIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Alderman m. of Prague and the consultant of the Prague 4 district for TOP 09 on his Fb on June 28 for the exhibition Jan Podlipný, the falcon and the mayor of Belle Époque.
On Friday, regardless of the dangerous climate, along with the mayor Bohuslav Svoboda, the director of the Army Historical past Museum, Michal Burian, and the mayor of Sokol, Martin Chlumský, we solemnly opened the exhibition “Jan Podlipný, the Sokol and the Mayor of the Belle Époque”!
I’m honored to have the ability to sponsor this exhibition for the seventeenth all-Sokol gathering about Jan Podlipný, who was the primary mayor of Sokol.
He turned well-known for his tireless work on the event of the falconry motion and the group of many falconry gatherings, which have been necessary social and sporting occasions.
Along with his work at Sokol, Jan Podlipný was additionally an necessary political and public determine. Within the years 1897 to 1900, he held the place of mayor of Prague, the place he advocated for the event of town’s infrastructure, which is an space that I’m answerable for immediately.
Thanks to everybody who participated within the preparation of the exhibition.
