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Karel Kryl's Birthplace

Karel Kryl's Birthplace

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Karel Kryl, poet and singer-songwriter and the most prominent author of Czechoslovak protest songs against the communist regime, was born in house no. 9 in Březinova Street on 12 April 1944. He died on 3 March 1994. A memorial plaque is on the house where he was born.

Kryl's family owned a printing works. In 1950 the communists shut it down, the printing presses were sold for scrap and the family had to move to the basement of a neglected small house in Pavlovského Street (today Kpt. Jaroše). His bust now adorns the house where he later lived.

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Slovanské náměstí 3920, 767 01 Kroměříž

A once-secret 1980s civil defence shelter beneath the Kroměříž Library, with its technical equipment preserved. Tours by appointment only.

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Slovanské náměstí 3920, 767 01 Kroměříž

The town library on Slovanské náměstí: books, magazines, e-books, music, films and board games, a children's department, talks and courses. It also runs the tourist information centre.

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A renovated square with the Orthodox Church of Sts Cyril and Methodius, the Kroměříž Library and a ground-level fountain where children play in summer.