Zvuky Prahy / Sounds of Prague

In the arboretum Na cibulce in Košíře is a creek, small lake and three water springs. In 1817 the complex that now stands was built by Bishop of Passau Leopold Leonard Raymund Reichsgraf Joseph Thun-Hohenstein, an Enlightment character fond of music, art, gambling and the supernatural. He created a chateau complex with English-style landscaped gardens, a Chinese pagoda, gazebos, reflecting pools, stone terraces, artificial ancient ruins and an observation tower, guarded by a mechanical puppet dressed in knightly armor. Other (mechanical) statues where Laocoon with seprpents, four Chinese men, two hermits. Sound installation driven by wind where placed on the roof of the Chinese pagoda. Statues of Diana with dogs, Jan Nepomucky and gardener are still existing.smichov