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Visit the cubist Bauer’s villa in a picturesque village of Libodřice, District of Kolín, Central Bohemian Region.
In 1912 – 14 a prominent architect Josef Gočár built a family house in cubist style for Adolf Bauer, the tenant and later the owner of the local large estate. Cubism, a new modern style at that time, is very unusual in rural environment. Cubist forms are displayed particularly on decorative star-shaped window and door edging as well as in the skewed form of the main cornice. Spatial arrangement of the house is more traditional, although we can find some cubist details even in the interior.
After death of the owner, Adolf Bauer, in 1929 the villa was transferred to his heir and ten years later it was expropriated as Jewish property by protectorate authorities. After World War II the villa became the seat of local municipal authority. Come to get familiar with the cubist villa and villa’s museum and gallery, the expositions of which are dedicated to cubist production.
