<html>Před šedesáti lety byl otevřen pražský hotel Jalta</html> <html>Sixty years ago, the Prague hotel Jalta was opened</html>
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Prague - The Prague hotel Jalta, which opened on June 1, 1958, at Wenceslas Square, filled the gap left by bombing during World War II. Originally intended to be a third-category hotel, thanks to architect Antonín Tenzer, the building emerged, which is considered the most successful structure of the socialist realism period. The construction budget, which was supported by President Antonín Zápotocký, reached 40 million Czechoslovak crowns. Several prominent artists contributed to the decoration: Jan Jiříkovský designed the sculptures on the façade columns, and Václav Markup created the carved circular wooden staircase.
Hotel Jalta was intended to serve as the command center for the Warsaw Pact in the event of a war conflict. Even at the time of its opening, all rooms had a television, and guests could also use personal Škoda 1201 cars. The second basement of the building served as a prominent anti-nuclear shelter, which was equipped with a hospital with an operating room. The underground also hides a special water tank, from which water would be drawn for the protected individuals and hospital staff. In the 1970s, the building housed the embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, there was a nightclub, and later a disco.
After the coupon privatization, the hotel was acquired by Nomura Bank and the travel agency Miki Travel. In 2003, Jalta was bought by Flow East.
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