- Lennon Wall
The Lennon Wall was formerly an ordinary historic
wall inPrague , but since the 1980s, people have filled it withJohn Lennon -inspiredgraffiti and pieces of lyrics from Beatles songs.In 1988 the wall was a source of irritation for the then communist regime of
Gustav Husak . Young Czechs would write grievances on the wall and in a report of the time this led to a clash between hundreds of students and security police on the nearbyCharles Bridge . The movement these students followed was described ironically as Lennonism and Czech authorities described these people variously as alcoholics, mentally deranged, sociopathic, and agents of Westerncapitalism .The wall continuously undergoes change and the original portrait of Lennon is long lost under layers of new paints. Even when the wall was re-painted by some authorities, on the second day it was again full of poems and flowers. Today, the wall represents a symbol of youth ideals such as love and peace.
The wall is owned by the
Knights of the Maltese Cross , who allowed the graffiti to continue on the wall, and is located at "Velkopřevorské náměstí" (GrandPriory Square),Malá Strana .ee also
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Tsoi Wall – a similar wall nearArbat Street inMoscow
* List of famous wallsExternal links
* [http://gemimages.smugmug.com/gallery/4136511#241689025 Photography of the wall in 2007]
* [http://www.radio.cz/pictures/praha/lennon_zed.jpgImage of the wall in 2005]
* [http://www.erasmuspc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=299&Itemid=81 Article about the Lennon Wall in the Erasmuspc World CityPoem collection]
* [http://www.kosmas.cz/knihy/130532/lennonova-zed-v-praze-cd/ Book of Lennon Wall]
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