place
Smíchov
An industrial suburb south-west of Prague, with stone quarries; Bohusch's image of the stonecutters singing at their work is set there.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §66 Smíchov
Smíchov, then an industrial factory district on the left bank of the Moldau in Prague.
- Two Stories of Prague §43 Smíchov
An industrial, working-class district south-west of Prague, with stone quarries; Bohusch finds his true Czech subject not in castles but among its stonecutters.