Since the 1980s this once typical wall has been filled with John Lennon-inspired graffiti, lyrics from Beatles' songs, and designs relating to local and global causes. ==History and ongoing development== Located in a small and secluded square across from the French Embassy, the wall had been decorated by love poems and short messages against the regime since 1960s.
Since the 1980s this once typical wall has been filled with John Lennon-inspired graffiti, lyrics from Beatles' songs, and designs relating to local and global causes. ==History and ongoing development== Located in a small and secluded square across from the French Embassy, the wall had been decorated by love poems and short messages against the regime since 1960s.
It received its first decoration connected to John Lennon, a symbol of freedom, western culture, and political struggle, following the 1980 assassination of John Lennon when an unknown artist painted a single image of the singer-songwriter and some lyrics. In 1988, the wall was a source of irritation for Gustáv Husák's communist regime.
It received its first decoration connected to John Lennon, a symbol of freedom, western culture, and political struggle, following the 1980 assassination of John Lennon when an unknown artist painted a single image of the singer-songwriter and some lyrics. In 1988, the wall was a source of irritation for Gustáv Husák's communist regime.
Today, the wall represents a symbol of global ideals such as love and peace. The wall is owned by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, which allowed the graffiti, and is located at Velkopřevorské náměstí (Grand Priory Square), Malá Strana. On 17 November 2014, the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, the wall was painted over in pure white by a group of art students, leaving only the text "wall is over" .
Please Support Hong Kong“ ==Lennon Walls in Hong Kong== During the 2014 democracy protests in Hong Kong, a similar Lennon Wall appeared along the staircase outside of the Hong Kong Central Government Offices.
The Knights of Malta initially filed a criminal complaint for vandalism against the students, which they later retracted after contacting them. The wall mural is still there as of 23 July 2017.
And the "Wall is Over" bit has been changed to "War Is Over", a song. On 22 April 2019, Earth Day, the action group Extinction Rebellion repainted the entire wall with slogans demanding action from the Czech government on climate change.
The repaint was carried out in a manner which allowed some of the existing artwork to be included on the new wall. In July 2019, artists painted a memorial on the wall for Hong Kong democracy activist Marco Leung Ling-kit, who became known as a martyr and a symbol of hope for the 2019 anti-extradition bill protest movement.
On 7 November 2019, the new face of the Lennon Wall as an open-air gallery was created and introduced to the public.
Throughout the several months of occupations and protest, many efforts were made by different groups to ensure physical and digital preservation of the Hong Kong Lennon Wall. Five years later, during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the same wall was again created, with new post-it notes.
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