Demolition work halted on historical building in Prerov

Officials in the Moravian town of Prerov have halted demolition work on a historical building in the city. A local building firm had begun work on demolishing the building on Saturday despite protests from architectural experts and the Ministry of Culture. The early twentieth-century Travnik building had been removed from the list of cultural monuments by the Ministry of Culture six months ago. Following an appeal, it officially reversed this decision on Friday, but the owner of the building firm has not yet officially received word of the new ruling and so is legally entitled to carry on with the demolition. The building was quickly cleared on Friday and demolition work began early on Saturday morning. Town officials eventually managed to suspend the work after finding violations of the demolition permit. Most of the roof of the building had been demolished by the time wrecking work was halted.