Prague: metro B Anděl - a way from the station / cesta ze stanice
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- čas přidán 16. 02. 2008
- ENGLISH AND ČESKÝ TEXT:
This metro station is a unique display of metro architecture of Soviet Union.It is situated in centre of Prague's city district Smíchov (Prague 5) at a depth of 34,5 metres and was open on 2nd November 1985 as Moskevská (almost at the same time as open of Prazhskaya metro station in Moscow).Each wall behind trails is covered with 4 reliefs on the theme Czechoslovak-Soviet friendship.Station was completly flooded in 2002.After Velvet revolution was station renamed in agreement of neighbourhood to Anděl (Angel in English)
Stanice leží 34,5 metrů pod centrem Smíchova od 2.11.1985 , kdy byla otevřena v souvislosti Českoslovesko-Sovětského přátelství pod názvem Moskevská (témeř ve stejné době byla v Moskvě otevřena stanice Pražská navržená naopak českými architekty).Anděl je tedy další úkazkou socialistického realismu v naší zemi(podobně jako hotel Jalta na Václaváku nebo hotel Crowne Plaza v Dejvicích).Stěny za kolejemi jsou ,,vyzdobeny" reliéfy v podobném duchu a vestibul Na Knížecí přípomíná nedávné časy plastikou Moskava-Praha.Po Sametové revoluci byla stanice roku 1990 přejmenována po již neexistujícím hostinci U Anděla.
memories came to my mind looking this... thanks
I cann't forgot about it because I was born in 1982 and never remembered it. I don't like to guided by historical memoirs about events in which I even didn't take part. I hope that sometime your country will understand it. Good luck!
BTW, there are also no street near the metrostation "Prazhskaya" in Moscow, which names are connected with Czech Republic. But the renaming of station and vandalism mean disrespect to the Czech designers, which was made a unique station with national elements of Czech culture in the Moscow metro. Good luck!
Thank you for "Prazhskaya". We're never renamed such stations due to political reasons.
Well, I'm not sure if the rename was due to political reasons. The area where this underground station is located was always called "Anděl" (Angel in EN) according to former inn which was demolished in order to gain a place for a building of the north entrance to this station. The name 'Moskevská' was also a bit confused with the the name of Moskevská Street which is 5 km far from this place, in Vršovice.
Yes, it can be one point of view. But don't forgot what happened on 21 August 1968 !!! Then you could gain insight into that vandalism. Btw. in south entrance hall of the Anděl station there is still name of Prague and Moscow on the wall.
And if in Moscow aren't stations named after location, no wonder that name Prazhsakya is still used.
Can you say the accurate date of renaming?
I think nobody except communists won't ever understand 1968 event. 1960's were first time our nation could get rid of communism since 1948 putsch. But yours and another brother state's tanks came here to interrupted this action and stayed here till 1991!!! So this is the reason we don't like Russian people. Best wishes to you.