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Embassy of the Czech Republic

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Czechoslovakia

Located at 26 - 30 Kensington Palace Gardens, the building occupies the site of a mid-nineteenth century Italinate villa. Before 1993, when the Czech Republic came into existence, the building was the then Czechoslovak Embassy.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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