LARGEST -- equestrian statue in Czech Republic - Superlatives on Waymarking.com

Bohumil Kafka worked on equestrian statue for ten years, from 1932 to 1942. During that time created plaster cast of the statue, and after the Second World War, the statue was cast from bronze.
The statue is nine meters high, is five meters wide and 9.6 meters in length, weighs 16.5 tons and consists of 120 bronze parts and nearly 5,000 bolts. It was unveiled on the anniversary of Battle of the Vítkov hill, on July 14, 1950.
Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha (German: Johann Ziska or Johann Schischka; English: John Zizka of Trocnov and the Chalice) (c. 1360 – 1424), Czech general and Hussite leader, follower of Jan Hus, was born in the small village of Trocnov (now part of Borovany) in Bohemia, into a gentried family. He was nicknamed "One-eyed Žižka."

Type of documentation of superlative status: http://www.praguecityline.cz/prazske-pamatky/jezdecka-socha-jana-zizky-z-trocnova Location of coordinates: in front of statue Web Site: [Web Link]

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