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Obchodní dům Baťa (Karlovy Vary)

Name: Obchodní dům Baťa (Karlovy Vary)
Start: 1930-01-01
Location: Obchodní dům Baťa (Karlovy Vary), Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

tourist highlight Obchodní dům Baťa (Karlovy Vary) · Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic · 1930-01-01

The Baťa department store in Karlovy Vary stands at Vřídelní 82/9, one of the functionalist stores the shoe company built across interwar Czechoslovakia.

The record

Date	1930-01-01
Place	Obchodní dům Baťa (Karlovy Vary), Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Coordinates	50.22599, 12.88207 (landmark-level precision)
Scope	Local interest
Sources	cs.wikipedia · Wikidata Q31518488
Added	2026-08-20 · source: wikipedia-cs

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Time layers at this place

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Obchodní dům Baťa (Karlovy Vary)

1932

Memorial column of the Karlovy Vary Wandererclub

1938

Hitler in Karlovy Vary, October 1938

1946

The first Karlovy Vary film festival

1924 — Dům Petr
1928 — Dům Galex
1929 — Dům Sophie
1930 — Dům Rich
1930 — Obchodní dům Baťa (Karlovy Vary) this page
1932 — Memorial column of the Karlovy Vary Wandererclub
1938 — Hitler in Karlovy Vary, October 1938
1946 — The first Karlovy Vary film festival
1958 — Dům U Tří mouřenínů
1958 — Dům Jiskra
1958 — Dům Mickiewicz
1958 — Findlaterův altán
1958 — Bristol Palace
1958 — Dům Paderewski

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