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It is difficult to say exactly when house No. 44 was built in the Vyšehrad fort. Originally, it belonged to the canonical residences, where the Vyšehrad clergy took refuge when it was not safe in Vyšehrad. For example, they survived the Thirty Years' War. The writer Popelka Biliánová, who lived in the Vyšehrad fortress, laid down the history of the house even until the time of Wenceslas IV. He allegedly went here for wine. Under the house, a rock cellar has been preserved, in which a constant temperature of around 14 degrees was maintained. So the cave was not suitable for storing ice, and wine from the chapter vineyards was probably stored here. Not even the spring water spring that springed underground has been preserved. However, the cave still exists today and is probably the only accessible underground space in the Vyšehrad fort. In the second half of the 19th century, Dr. 44 settled in house no. Jan Krejčí, who lived here until his death in 1887. He was a geologist, pedagogue, publicist, but also a politician. In 1860 he wrote the first Czech textbook of geology. He is considered the father of Czech geology and is one of the leading Czech naturalists of the 19th century. His memory in those places was commemorated by a memorial plaque set in the rock ten years after his death. Later, a much more representative bronze plaque was made, which was stolen by metal thieves after 1989, and a replica of its metallized plastic was placed on the outside of the Vyšehrad walls. In 1904, the Vyšehrad tunnel was put into operation and the office for the construction of the tunnel was located in Jan Krejčí's house for several years, then it was transformed into a food tax office. Today, the house is slightly shortened and half sunk into the elevated terrain. Above it is the villa Divina, in the basement of which there is a cave dug in the rock. It is difficult to say exactly when house No. 44 below the Vyšehrad fort was built. Originally, it belonged to the canonical residences, where the Vyšehrad clergy took refuge when it was not safe for them in Vyšehrad. For example, they survived the Thirty Years' War here. Maybe the house´s history goes even further, to the times of Wenceslas IV. He allegedly went here to taste and enjoy wine. Under the house, a rock cellar has been preserved, in which a constant temperature of around 14 degrees is maintained. So the cave is not suitable for storing ice, but wine from the chapter vineyards could be stored here. It still exists today and is probably the only accessible underground space below the Vyšehrad fort. In the second half of the 19th century, Dr. Jan Krejčí lived in house no. 44 until his death in 1887. He was a geologist, pedagogue, publicist, but also a politician. In 1860 he wrote the first Czech textbook of geology. So he is considered to be a father of Czech geology and is one of the leading Czech naturalists of the 19th century. His presence here was commemorated by a memorial plaque set in the rock ten years after his death. Later, a much more representative bronze plaque was made, which was stolen by metal thieves after 1989, and a replica of its metallized plastic was placed on the outside of the Vyšehrad walls. In 1904, the Vyšehrad tunnel was put into operation and the office for the construction of the tunnel was located in this house for several years, then it was transformed into a food tax office. Today, the house is slightly shortened and half sunk into the elevated terrain. Above it is the villa Divina, in the basement of which there is a cave dug in the rock.