Palackého reading room, the most sought-after library facility in Hradec Králové before the First World War

The Palacký Public Reading Room was created at the initiative of the Králové Hradek associations, which united in 1898 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of František Palacký's birth. However, it was not just a library, but through its activities it created space for the linguistic, cultural and literary emancipation of the local Czech population. The city first allocated her a former class of the boys' school in building No. 33 on Velké náměstí, which...