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Head of Franz Kafka

The Head of Franz Kafka, also known as the Statue of Kafka, is an outdoor kinetic sculpture by David Černý depicting Bohemian German-language writer Franz Kafka, installed on 31 October 2014 outside of the shopping mall in , .
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork_type: installation
  • Description: Sculpture in Prague, Czech Republic

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Quadrio and National Library of the Czech Republic.

Shopping center
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is a multifunctional complex in the centre of , , at Národní třída. It serves mainly as shopping centre and it is also containing offices and residential building.

Library
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The is the central library of the . It is directed by the Ministry of Culture. The library's main building is located in the historical Clementinum building in the centre of , where approximately half of its books are kept. is situated 640 metres northwest of Head of Franz Kafka.

Town hall
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is the current site of the Town Hall. The late Art Deco building in Jungmannova Street was built in 1929 for the Škoda company using a design by the prominent architect Pavel Janák.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Old Town and Josefov.

Suburb
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is a quarter in the city of in the . is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague.

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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

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The New Town of is in the east bank area to the east and south of the Old Town. A large part of New Town that borders Old Town from east and south belongs to Praha 1 district.

Head of Franz Kafka

Latitude
50.08166° or 50° 4′ 54″ north
Longitude
14.42081° or 14° 25′ 15″ east
Inception
2014
Open location code
9F2P3CJC+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3166450188
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­installation
Wiki­data ID
Q29169058
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Uzbek—“Head of Franz Kafka” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆրանց Կաֆկայի գլուխ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Frans Kafkanın başı”
  • Bulgarian: “Главата на Франц Кафка”
  • Catalan: “Cap de Franz Kafka”
  • Czech: “Franz Kafka”
  • Czech: “Hlava Franze Kafky”
  • German: “Franz-Kafka-Kopf”
  • Hebrew: “פסל הראש המסתובב של פרנץ קפקא”
  • Macedonian: “Глава на Франц Кафка”
  • Polish: “Głowa Franza Kafki”
  • Russian: “Голова Франца Кафки”
  • Serbian: “Глава Франца Кафке”
  • Spanish: “Cabeza de Franz Kafka”
  • Turkish: “Franz Kafka’nın Kafası”
  • Ukrainian: “Голова Франца Кафки”
  • Uzbek: “Frants Kafkaning Boshi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hotel Golden Crown and Magistrát Hlavního města Prahy.

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