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AUTHORS OF TEXTS AND POSTCARD DESCRIPTIONS:

PhDr. Kateřina Bečková

Introductory texts:

• The Jewish Town - Josefov
• The Clearance of Josefov
• St Adalbert´s Quarter
• Podskalí
• Hybernská Street
• St Peter´s Quarter

Postcard descriptions:

• The Jewish Town - Josefov in cooperation with E. Orián
• The Clearance of Josefov in cooperation with E. Orián
• St Adalbert´s Quarter in cooperation with E. Orián
• Podskalí in cooperation with E. Orián
• Hybernská Street in cooperation with M. Degen and E. Orián
• St Peter´s Quarter in cooperation with M. Degen

PhDr. Kateřina Bečková

a specialist worker at Prague City Museum, a curator of a photographic collection and Langweil´s model of Prague, is concerned with building changes of Prague in the 19th and 20th century and publishes also within her publishing house Schola ludus - Pragensia.

She is a chairwoman of the Club for Old Prague

Milan Degen

Introductory texts:

• A Concise History of Picture Postcards
• The History of Prague Picture Postcards
• Prague Through the Centruries in cooperation with V. Ledvinka
• Hradčany
• The Lesser Town
• The Lesser Town Square
• Nerudova Street
• the Opening at the House U Klíčů in cooperation with E. Orián
• the Lesser Town Square
• The Boundary between the Old and the New Town
• Charles Quarter
• Spálená Street
• Vyšehrad

Postcard descriptions:

• Hradčany in cooperation with E. Orián
• The Lesser Town in cooperation with E. Orián
• The Old Town in cooperation with J. Jungmann and E. Orián
• The Boundary between the Old and the New Town in cooperation with J. Jungmann and E. Orián
• Wenceslas Square in cooperation with J. Jungmann and E. Orián
• Hybernská Street in cooperation with K. Bečková and E. Orián
• St Peter´s Quarter in cooperation with K. Bečková
• The New Town (remaining parts) in cooperation with E. Orián
• Vyšehrad in cooperation with E. Orián

Milan Degen

a theorist of dance, an author of several significant publications about dance art, a private researcher in the field of Prague history and deltiology, and a prominent collector of Pragensies.

PhDr. Jan Jungmann

Introductory texts:

• Na Příkopě Street
• Ferdinandova Street
• Charles Square
• Wenceslas Square

Postcard descriptions:

• The Old Town in cooperation with M. Degen and E. Orián
• The Boundary between the Old and the New Town in cooperation with M. Degen and E. Orián
• Wenceslas Square in cooperation with M. Degen and E. Orián

PhDr. Jan Jungmann

a specialist worker at Prague City Museum, an author of several significant publications about Prague, e.g. Libeň-zmizelý svět (Libeň-A Lost World), which we highly recommend you to buy.

doc. PhDr. Václav Ledvinka, CSc.

Introductory texts:

• Prague Through the Centruries in cooperation with M. Degen
• The Old Town
• The New Town

doc. PhDr. Václav Ledvinka, CSc.

a Czech historian, archivist and director of Prague City Archives, is interested in history of Prague and is an author and co-author of many specialized publications.

We recommend our visitors to pay attention also to the following text by Mr. Ledvinka called “Mikuláš from Kadaň is a Probable Author of the Prague Astronomical Clock”

PhDr. Zdeněk Míka, CSc.

• foreword

PhDr. Zdeněk Míka, CSc.

A historian PhDr. Zdeněk Mika, CSc., is the author of several publications about Prague. He used to work as the director of Prague City Museum for many years and is the author of a lot of exhibitions and several publications.

We recommend the following books by Zdeněk Míka.

Edmund Orián

Introductory texts:

• Opening at the House U Klíčů in cooperation with M. Degen
• Na Františku Quarter
• The Franz Josef I Railway Station

Postcard descriptions:

• Hradčany in cooperation with M. Degen
• The Lesser Town in cooperation with M. Degen
• The Old Town in cooperation with M. Degen and J. Jungmann
• Na Františku Quarter
• The Jewish Town - Josefov in cooperation with K. Bečková
• The Boundary between the Old and the New Town in cooperation with M. Degen and J. Jungmann
• Vojtěšská Quarter in cooperation with K. Bečková
• Podskalí in cooperation with K. Bečková
• Wenceslas Square in cooperation with M. Degen and J. Jungmann
• The Franz Josef I Railway Station
• Hybernská Street in cooperation with K. Bečková and M. Degen
• The New Town (remaining parts) in cooperation with M. Degen
• Vyšehrad Vyšehrad in cooperation with M. Degen

Edmund Orián

an artist, editor and co-owner of the publishing house Epoque 1900, is interested mainly in modern military history and building history of Prague.