This memorial in Prague’s Old Town Square honors the religious reformer, Jan Hus. Hus is a theologian, philosopher, and church reformer who criticized the Catholic Church’s hierarchy, and was the inspiration for the Hussite movement. He was burned at the stake in Old Town Square in 1415.
The memorial was created in 1915 by Ladislav Šaloun to mark the 500th anniversary of Hus’s martyrdom. Hus is standing at the stake, facing the Church of Our Lady Below Tyn. Other characters on the memorial include a young mother representing national rebirth, and Hussite warriors and Protestants who were exiled after the Battle of the White Mountain.. An inscription on the base means “Truth Prevails.”
Credits: Life Stories Vol 1 - TirAmisu
Flowery May - et Designs
Blooming - TirAmisu
