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John Lenon’s wall

The Lennon Wall or John Lennon Wall, located at Velkopřevorské náměstí, , is a historic legal graffiti wall in , . After the 1980 murder of John Lennon a mural of Lennon was painted by an unknown artist onto the wall and as more people expanded upon it, the wall slowly became a place for free expression of then communist .
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: painting
  • Description: a wall in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Also known as: “Lennon Wall” and “Zeď Johna Lenona”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Charles Bridge and Embassy of France.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the river in , Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century. is situated 270 metres east of John Lenon’s wall.

Government office
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The to the Czech Republic is in Velkopřevorské náměstí, , , near Kampa Island in the River . It occupies the baroque Buquoy Palace, which was originally built in 1667 and then altered during the 18th century.

Church
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malá Strana and Castle and Lesser Town.

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of is the lower area on the left bank.

Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of is the lower area on the left bank.

Photo: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY 2.0.
The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

John Lenon’s wall

Latitude
50.08623° or 50° 5′ 10″ north
Longitude
14.40685° or 14° 24′ 25″ east
Open location code
9F2P3CP4+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6612943372
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­painting
Wiki­data ID
Q1630131
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“John Lenon’s wall” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լենոնի պատ”
  • Chinese: “列侬墙”
  • Chinese: “列儂牆”
  • Chinese: “列农和平墙”
  • Chinese: “列农墙”
  • Chinese: “约翰·列侬墙”
  • Chinese: “藍儂牆”
  • Chinese: “连侬墙”
  • Chinese: “连农墙”
  • Chinese: “連儂牆”
  • Czech: “Lennonova zeď”
  • Dutch: “Lennonmuur”
  • Finnish: “John Lennon -seinä”
  • French: “Lennon Wall”
  • French: “Mur Lennon”
  • German: “John-Lennon-Mauer”
  • Hebrew: “חומת ג’ון לנון”
  • Hebrew: “קיר ג’ון לנון”
  • Hebrew: “קיר לנון”
  • Hungarian: “Lennon-fal”
  • Italian: “Muro di John Lennon”
  • Japanese: “ジョン・レノン・ウォール”
  • Japanese: “レノン・ウォール”
  • Japanese: “レノンの壁”
  • Korean: “레넌 벽”
  • Korean: “레논 벽”
  • Latvian: “Džona Lenona siena”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “John Lennon-muren”
  • Norwegian: “John Lennon-muren”
  • Polish: “Ściana Johna Lennona”
  • Russian: “Стена Джона Леннона”
  • Russian: “Стена Леннона”
  • Serbian: “Lennonova zeď”
  • Serbian: “Lenonov zid”
  • Serbian: “Ленонов зид”
  • Spanish: “Muro de John Lennon”
  • Spanish: “Muro de Lennon”
  • Turkish: “Lennon Duvarı”
  • Vietnamese: “Bức tường John Lennon”
  • Yue Chinese: “連儂牆”

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Highlights include Grand Priory Square and Maltézská zahrada.

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