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Prague's largest nuclear shelter: Bezovka under Parukarka park

Giant Cold War nuclear shelter lies beneath a Prague park
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Beneath Prague's Parukarka hill lies the city's largest nuclear shelter. The Bezovka bunker was built in the 1950s and is designed to hold 2,500 people for 72 hours.

Nuclear shelters began appearing in cities during the Cold War. The largest one built in Prague in the 1950s is Bezovka, under Holy Cross hill, which Praguers call nothing but Parukarka.

The shelter was built to withstand even an atomic blast just 500 meters away.

Information about the nearest nuclear shelter in Prague can be found at bezpecnost.praha.eu.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz

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