Lennon Wall, Prague, Czechia

Lennon Wall, Prague, Czechia

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Yesterday was a lovely summer day in Prague. I was in the city to visit some friends for the weekend and although it was more of a social trip than anything else, despite a late start, I eventually did manage to do some sightseeing. I remember first seeing a picture of this wall in a modern history book back in school during a history lesson. It has changed appearance a lot since due to various repaints and the ever growing contributions from visitors but is still the same concrete wall.

After the death of John Lennon in 1980, this stone wall in Prague was turned into a memorial and featured a portrait of the musicians face. Soon after slogans appeared on the wall which criticised the communist regime which the residents of Prague lived under. Back then Prague was part of Czechoslovakia which despite not being part of the USSR, was a satellite state and had been under Soviet control since the end of the second world war. Today the wall has less political significance but is a tourist hotspot and part of the cities modern history. People from all over the world can write messages on the wall and it has even inspired other Lennon walls such as the one established in Hong Kong during the 2014 protests in Hong Kong.

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