4/5 Michal Zdeněk Zachar (. 6 years ago on Google • 425 reviews
Following
the
renovation
of
the
original
development
of
the
historic
Podskálí,
a
new
square
was
established
between
the
Vltava
River
and
the
Emmaus
Monastery
according
to
the
project
of
Bohumil
Hypšman,
surrounded
by
uniformly
designed
state
office
buildings.
On
October
28,
1932,
a
monumental
monument
to
Czechoslovak
legionnaires
named
"Prague
to
its
victorious
sons"
was
unveiled
in
the
main
line
of
sight,
given
the
position
of
the
western
facade
of
the
monastery
church.
The
author
of
the
sculptural
decoration
of
the
monument
was
Josef
Mařatka
(21
May
1874
–
20
April
1937),
a
pupil
of
August
Rodin
and
one
of
the
official
sculptors
of
the
First
Czechoslovak
Republic.
The
lower
part
of
the
obelisk
is
surrounded
by
the
figures
of
seven
legionnaires
(one
Italian,
two
Russian
and
four
French)
and
a
female
figure,
symbolizing
the
city
of
Prague,
who
crowns
the
banner
with
a
linden
branch.
Particularly
noteworthy
is
the
detailed
representation
of
the
equipment
and
equipment
components
of
individual
soldiers.
The
center
of
the
monument
is
a
16-meter-high
obelisk,
which
was
originally
chosen
by
the
architect
Josip
Plečnik
for
Prague
Castle.
But
since
it
broke,
President
Masaryk
donated
the
rest
of
it
precisely
for
the
purpose
of
building
a
legionary
monument
in
Zítkové
sady.
The
inscriptions
on
the
monument
quote
the
verses
of
the
poet
Viktor
Dyk
"If
you
leave
me,
I
will
not
perish,
if
you
leave
me
you
will
perish".
Then
here
we
also
find
the
names
of
the
battlefields
on
which
our
legionnaires
fought
during
the
First
World
War.
The
monument
was
destroyed
after
the
German
occupation
of
the
rest
of
Czechoslovakia,
only
the
box
with
the
charter
was
saved,
which
garage
master
Oldřich
Rieger
hid
in
Rakovníka.
Efforts
to
restore
it
began
to
gain
intensity
after
1989.
According
to
the
original
documentation,
the
bronze
statues
were
created
by
the
sculptor
Kateřina
Amortová,
the
monument
was
unveiled
again
on
the
80th
anniversary
of
the
founding
of
Czechoslovakia
on
October
28,
1998.
The
surroundings
of
the
monument
are
full
of
manicured
flower
beds,
which
give
the
place
a
picturesque
appearance
and
invite
you
to
relax.
Bet
there's
a
strange
calm
here.
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