The water reservoir on Kinsky Square at the foot of Sudek's favourite garden on Petřín hillside was situated near his apartment and studio, at Ǔjezd 28, a distance of about 500 m on foot.
Here, Josef Sudek captured one of the 67 air raid water reservoirs and water supplies for Prague
An interesting feature of the image is the tank seen in the background, a memorial to the liberation of Prague by the Red Army. It was placed on Kinsky Square immediately after the end of the war. As a matter of fact, the tank, standing on a stone base until 1991, did not take part in the liberation at all. The first Soviet tank arriving to the city was damaged in a German gun attack and was therefore considered inappropriate as a memorial. Thus a completely different type of tank was used (IS-2 instead of T34) and it was officially presented as the first tank to reach Prague.