Muzeum Esperanta in Svitavy

You're standing at the Ottendorfer House in Svitavy, which locals also call the Red Library. One look at the walls tells you why: the whole building glows in the colour of red brick. It went up in 1892, thanks to Oswald Ottendorfer, a son of this town who became a patron in America and gave his hometown this house. Architect Germano Wanderley drew the design, and the mayor, Friedrich Sander, handed the construction to Johann Bier.