Oh , How I love to explore the abadoned places !
Everytime I find some,itś like a treasure hunt for me.
This winter in Prague really sucks...Itś warm and no snow at all.
But it has also itś bright sides...
On one of these sunny,winter days ( it was 12 degrees ) ,We decided to go investigate some abadoned buildings neer the Barrandov studios with my friend Maggie.
First We got little lost... ,but then We found a squat house and We decided to discover what´s inside.
Even it was full of trash and totaly burned down,it still had some of his magic.
And when I entered the huge balcony on the second floor of it I had an amazing view on Prague.
Then we found the right way to the famous Barrandov terraces.
The whole project of the Barrandov terraces was built by the famous architect Max Urban and the investor Vaclav Havel.The grand oppening of the terraces was on 4th of October 1929.
It was inspired from the famous restauration pavilon in San Francisco ( USA ) ,called The Cliff House ,which is situated on a rock over the Pacific ocean.
One year later ( 1930 ) they build also a swimming pool under the barrandov rock.
The pool was 50m long with a 15m high springboard.
At that time it was the most modern swimming pool in Europe.
In 1937 they build here the Trilobit bar (architekt V.Grégr).The french restaurant and the Trilobit bar were furnished with the functional furniture by the architekt Hana Kučerová-Záveská.
The barrandov terraces area was never closed .The famous czech orchestra of the R.A. Dvorský was playing outside on the terraces untill 19:00 and than in the Trilobit bar until morning hours.
So it was open from morning to another morning and they say that many people stayed there also for breakfast...
Now ,It´s just a abadoned place, nostalgic memory of the good old times.
If you visit this place you can still imagine how it was to sit on the terraces,listen to the orchestra and enjoying the summer breeze in your hair.
