Prague - Lennon Wall

The Lennon Wall in Prague is a tribute to the rock singer John Lennon. When Lennon was killed in 1980, this wall, not far from the Charles Bridge, became a place of out pouring for the people of Prague who painted it with graffiti. It became a sort of memorial wall, which despite police efforts to paint over and clean off on a regular basis, kept coming back. Although the communist era was taking its toll on the Czech population, John Lennon's lyrics offered hope and an idealistic vision of what could be. Today the Lennon Wall is still a symbol and a memorial. People come here each year at the anniversary of his death.