which has been under the administration of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic since 1975 and which is the only residence of the Prime Minister situated outside Prague has recently undergone a large reconstruction In cooperation with the Hussite Museum in Tábor it was reconstructed in order to gain the original form of the years when Hana and Edvard Beneš lived there the villa has been visited by more than 11 000 visitors Visitors can see the exterior of the villa the façade of which was restored in keeping with the original colours Visitors can look forward to the President’s favourite recess situated in the ground floor hall The interior is furnished with antiques and period furniture which was obtained by Hana and Edvard Beneš More information can be found on the websites /en/urad-vlady/dalsi-objekty/summer-home-in-sezimovo-usti-55748/ The next Bohemka’s appearance happened closer to home Bohemka participated in the indoor football tournament that took place in the sport centre of Slavia Praha in Vršovice Bohemka ended fifth overall among six participants Bohemka first defeated in its group the second division Ústí nad Labem 4:3 before losing to the first division selects 2:6 A few more players were introduced during the tournament - midfielders Vágner from Jablonec Players took the participation in the tournament seriously as evidenced by the red card received by Bohamka’s Tomáš Kuchař while sitting on the bench It was supposedly for something unflattering he said about the referee’s appearance or ancestry The last game this year was played in Kladno Bohemka faced the fourth division Kladno B The match was played on artificial turf in weather better suited for dog sled racing than football It was miserably cold and windy during the game and a blizzard did not help either One of the Kladno goals that Zahálka let in was directly from the corner kick Players will now relax a bit before starting preparation for the spring season   Bohemka will again take part in the winter tournament called Tipsport Cup Bohemka will face in the group teams Viktoria Žižkov All the games will be played on the artificial turf in Vršovice’s Eden sport complex Media Centre the original plan was to open this architectural gem to the public only over the weekend from 26 to 28 October as part of cost-cutting measures the new management of the Government Office has decided to extend the public open days to include two weekends in September and another weekend in October “While opening the Beneš villa to the public will obviously place extra pressure on organization and funds I am convinced that this is money well spent and that we are duty-bound by Hana Benešová’s wishes that the villa be accessible to the public All the more so when we consider that this year is the 65th anniversary of the death and that next year will be the 130th anniversary of the birth of the second president in the history of the independent Czechoslovak Republic,” says the director of the Government Office An official commemoration ceremony is due to take place at the president’s grave to be attended by Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok on the anniversary of Dr Beneš’s death on 3 September The villa was built in 1930 and 1931 according to a design by the architect Petr Kropáček and the Benešes were directly involved in the project They wanted the house to have the air of a rural building in the south of France the Benešes decided to extend the villa according to a design by the architect Otokar Fierlinger The final resting place of the second Czechoslovak president and his wife – a tomb in the garden – was designed by Pavel Janák The president’s bust was created in 1947 by the sculptor Karel Dvořák Beneš’s villa has undergone extensive renovation in recent years and was reopened to the public in May 2009 Visitors tour the exterior of the building and can look forward to president’s favourite corner in the ground-floor lounge The interior is furnished with the antiques and period furniture brought here by the Benešes The guided tour includes a walk in the nearby park which is one of the country’s few surviving gardens from the 1930s The tour comes to an end at the grave of the Benešes Guided tours are organized in groups from 10 AM to 4 PM a commemorative act will be held at the tomb of the Beneš family at Sezimovo Ústí to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Beneš The memory of Edvard Beneš will be honoured by Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer together with former Premier Mirek Topolánek who deserves credit for the reconstruction and restoration of the villa of Hana and Edvard Beneš to its original garb The house will now serve not only as a memorial but also as state rooms to be used by the Czech Government and its Premier for negotiations Over the past three years the Beneš family villa has passed through a wide-ranging reconstruction project which restored the house close to the face of the original project by architect Petr Kropáèek who had built it in the years 1930 and 1931 the villa was turned into a government residence the adaptations made at that time disrupted the original character of the house “The premises have now been restored to their original garb and my wish is to honour the heritage of the Beneš family namely to return the object to the people – this may sound as a phrase but we really want to do all we can and we have done our best to open the villa to the public,“ former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek was quoted as saying during the inauguration of the Beneš villa The Beneš villa will be opened to the public from 10:00 a.m each last weekend in the month from May to October this year To respond to what has proved to be an enormous public interest the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic has decided to open the villa to the public already on the day of the commemorative act on May 28 Speech of Jan Fischer on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Edvard Beneš's birth"> Prime Minister Topolánek presents the rebuilt Beneš villa"> Hana and Edvard Beneš' summer home in Sezimovo Ústí">