Hotel Olympik
| Hotel Olympik | |
|---|---|
 Hotel Olympik with the facade from 2015 | |
  Location within the Czech Republic | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel |
| Address | Sokolovská 615/138, Prague, 186 00 |
| Town or city | Prague |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Coordinates | 50°05′54″N 14°28′06″E / 50.098320°N 14.468289°E |
| Height | 73 m (240 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 306 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Hotel Olympik is a large hotel in the Karlín area of the 8th district of Prague, Czech Republic.[1][2] The hotel is near the housing facility Invalidovna and the stadium of Čechie Karlín.[3] Hotel Olympik is located at 138 Sokolovská Street.
History
[edit]The Hotel Olympik was designed by a team of architects led by Josef Polak between 1967 and 1971.[4] The hotel was opened to the public in 1973. The building is 73 metres (240 ft) high, it has 21 floors and overlooks the city quarter Karlín.[5]
The hotel was finished in 1974,[1] and at the time had 715 beds.[6] A fire in the hotel in 1995 took 8 lives and resulted in damages of 35 million CZK.
In 1995, the hotel was the scene for one of the biggest fires in Czech Republic history, resulting in 8 deaths and 34 injuries. The fire started on the 11th floor of the hotel, and is believed to be caused due to an overheating appliance.
On 5 October 2008 thieves broke into the hotel safe and stole about the equivalent to CZK 1.000.000,00 in different currencies ( about US$55,500.00 ) and a large number of shares from the Olympic Holding Company.[7]
In 2015 the hotel was given a new brightly coloured facade.[8]
1980 Summer Olympics
[edit]According to some experts, Hotel Olympik was built in preparation of Prague's bid to host the 1980 Summer Olympics.[9][10] The housing area Invalidovna would have been the Olympic village. After Moscow placed a bid, Prague withdrew its application.[11] The hotel is not in a tourist area; it hosts many conferences and business gatherings.
Photogallery
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Hotel Olympik in the night -
Hotel Olympik in the sunlight -
Hotel Olympik from the tram station Invalidovna -
Hotel Olympik from the street Sokolovská -
Hotel Olympik and the housing development Invalidovna
References
[edit]This article is based on a translation of the Czech Wikipedia article Hotel Olympik.
- ^ a b Miroslav Khol (1982). Naše Praha. Edice Pragensia. p. 204.
- ^ Encounter. Martin Secker & Warburg. 1981. p. 53.
- ^ "Olympiáda mohla být v Praze dávno před Bémem. Nejblíže jí byli komunisti Robert Břešťan ". HlídacíPes.org - 9.8.2016
- ^ Jane Pavitt (2000). Prague. Manchester University Press. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-7190-3916-4.
- ^ Jaroslava Staňková; Jiří Štursa; Svatopluk Voděra and Jaroslav Staněk (Ing. arch.) (1992). Prague: eleven centuries of architecture. PAV. p. 335.
- ^ Czechoslovak Life. Orbis. 1976. p. 70.
- ^ "Z hotelu Olympik někdo ukradl trezor s akciemi za 250 miliónů". Novinky.cz, October 5, 2008
- ^ "Nová fasáda hotelu Olympik má barvu ohně, lidem připomněla tragický požár". iDNES.cz, 30 October 2015
- ^ "Praguescape: Unrealised utopia". By Kristina Alda | Prague Daily Monitor | 2 June 2009
- ^ Praha chce olympiádu a už se začíná chystat, 2. března 2001, iDnes.cz, 2. 3. 2001, MF Dnes
- ^ Martin Bublák: Československý olympismus v období komunismu 1948–1989, diplomová práce, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, pedagogická fakulta, katedra historie, 2008
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