VIRTUAL TOUR OF BEROUN

Talich’s Villa

Beroun Sights and Attractions
The Beroun Decoration Society, together with the Czech Tourist Club, gradually built a forested area in the woody Brdatky valley. In 1936, the significant Czech conductor Václav Talich bought the art deco villa from the builder František Drda. In 1958, the part of the valley in which the artist’s villa is situated was named Talich Valley in his honour.
The villa is not accessible to public. Address: Talichovo údolí 232, Beroun

House No. 64, Husovo square

Beroun Sights and Attractions
This building of the municipal savink bank rose on the site of the old burgher´s house in 1928. A multi-storey building with a mezzanine is built according to the plans of Prague architect Jaroslav Rossler.Josef Palouš is the creator of the sculpture decorations. In 1765 - 1888, the first public pharmacy, called the Golden Eagle (U Zlatého orla), was located in the house. At the turn of the 19th a 20th centuries it housed an "inquiry point" for tourists, cyclists and visitors to the city, the predecessor to the present information centre.
The building is currently in the ownrship of Komerční banka, a. s. Address: Husovo náměstí 64, Beroun

Monument to the Victims of the Second World War

Beroun Sights and Attractions
The monument is 5 metres tall and portrays the figure of a woman with a child holding a lime tree sapling in its hand. The creator of the monument, which was unveiled in May 1952, is the sculptor Jindřich Severa. Address: Politických vězňů, Beroun

City Cinema

Beroun Beroun Cinema Sights and Attractions
In 1914, the builder Josef Jelínek built a cinematographic theatre on the side of the town moat. It was opened to public under the name Bio Excelsior. It has existed in the same building to this day. Sound motion pictures were shown here from 1930, after the installation of the sound apparatus. The cinema was nationalised in 1945 and the Bio Excelsior became the Stalindgrad Cinema. In 1957, the cinema underwent modernisation, wide-screen projection of movies was introduced and the cinema passed into the ownership of the city. In 1968 it was renamed the Mír Cinema. Its current name is the Beroun Municipal Cinema. Currently, it is the only cinema in the region with 3D projection and is equipped with a modern Dolby Digital Surround EX sound system. http://www.kinoberoun.cz/ Address: Politických vězňů 455, Beroun

the Old Post Office

Beroun Sights and Attractions
A floored house dating back to the mid-18th century with a courtyard wing. In 1845-1935 the Beroun post office was located here, threfore, it is called the Old Post in documents. Address: Plzeňská 27, Beroun