Embassy of Slovakia, London

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Embassy of Slovakia in London
Embassy of Slovakia, London
Location Notting Hill Gate, London
Address25 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QY
Coordinates 51°30′33.3″N0°11′34.5″W / 51.509250°N 0.192917°W / 51.509250; -0.192917 Coordinates: 51°30′33.3″N0°11′34.5″W / 51.509250°N 0.192917°W / 51.509250; -0.192917
Ambassador Ľubomír Rehák

The Embassy of Slovakia in London is the diplomatic mission of the Slovak Republic in the United Kingdom. [1] It is located at the junction of Kensington Palace Gardens and Bayswater Road in a compound previously shared with the Embassy of the Czech Republic until 1993.

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The Embassy of Czechoslovakia was originally located on Grosvenor Place, before moving to the location of the current Czech and Slovak embassies in 1970. [2] The construction of a new brutalist-style building at this site had begun in 1965 and was undertaken by Jan Bočan, Jan Šrámek and Karel Štěpánský from the atelier Beta Prague Project Institute; it received an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects for the best building in the United Kingdom created by foreign architects. [3] The building was then divided between Czechia and Slovakia following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.

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References

  1. "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 8 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  2. "Architecture of the Embassy". 8 December 2013.
  3. "Architecture of the Embassy". 8 December 2013.