(Photos©: Antoine Le Roux)
In the Holesovice quarter, two towers, part of a university hall of residence, stand amidst the suburbs. An old home sits proudly at the foot of these towers. With its anarchist flags hanging from the balconies, and revolutionary tags on the walls, the last squat in Prague seemingly ‘spits in the face’ of the rest of the world
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