Ignác Šechtl and Josef Jindřich Šechtl: August: Villa “Černý leknín”, Novák Street

Ignác Šechtl and Josef Jindřich Šechtl

The opera Černý leknín (The Black Lily) written in 1920 by Emanuel Maršík was well received and even praised by Richard Strauss. Maršík’s relative, architect František Novák, liked the opera so much that he renamed his villa built in 1898 after it. The villa imitates the architecture of a château and was the first building to be constructed in what was l