Garden of Remembrance
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The site for the “Garden of Remembrance” was not chosen by chance. It is a symbolic reference and legacy of the past. Formerly the city cemetery (people were buried here until 1956), the place has now been transformed into a park.
Stone river
just as the Nisa River flows through Liberec in irregular meanders, there’s a central stone pathway symbolising the "river of memories" running through the garden. The start of the path - the source - is at the highest point of the garden and the path itself - the river - gradually runs down to the lowest point in the south-western part, where it eventually leaves the garden through a grille in the wall.
Memories of bygone times
Fragments of memories of bygone times in the city of Liberec. Small artefacts are irregularly set into the granite paving to commemorate times gone by: tiles and parts of the roof from the former famed spa, parts of yellow tiles from the since demolished Ještěd department store, a spool from the Warsaw Cinema, part of the rails from the first tram line in Liberec, a polished black prism from Liberec crematorium, and other artefacts. At the beginning of the path there is a board that names the artefacts. Visitors to the garden have to seek them out, discover them and remember those times for themselves.
- Liberec - po stopách Liebiegů (CZ, EN, DE, PL) [Liberec-brozura Architektura-A6-OK.pdf | 4.47 MB | application/pdf]