Domovina
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| Domovina | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Coordinates | 50°06′14″N 14°27′10″E / 50.103817°N 14.452722°E |
| Construction started | 1919 |
| Completed | 1921 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Otto V. Máca and Karel Roštík |
Domovina (in English: Homeland) is a modernist building in Prague 7-Holešovice. It was built between 1919 and 1922 to house a co-operative of railway workers and conductors. The building was designed by Otto V. Máca a Karel Roštík and is listed as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.[1]
On 18 to 23 February 1929, a congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia took place in the Domovina hall. Klement Gottwald was elected the chairman of the party. On the facade, there is a plaque commemorating this event.[2]
