House of the Four Mamlases

Brno


On the eastern side of náměstí Svobody is the House of the Four Mamlases. The facade here is supported by a quartet of well-muscled, but clearly moronic, 'Atlas' figures, each struggling to hold up the building and their loincloths at the same time.


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