Smetana Gardens were established in 1820 with the planting of the fort area with trees and the creation of Rudolph Alley in 1832. This alley was destroyed during the Austrian- Prussian War, but was restored in the second half of 1866 according to the project by landscape architect Max Machanek; this 710 meter alley planted with chestnut and linden trees has remained a distinguished architectural feature of Olomouc parks until this day.
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