World's smallest equestrian statue / Nejmenší jezdecká socha - Pelhrimov, Czech Republic
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World's smallest equestrian statue / Nejmenší jezdecká socha
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Location: Kraj Vysočina, Czechia
Date Posted: 07/24/2014
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Nejmenší jezdecká socha
Nejmenší jezdeckou sochu Tomáše Garrigue Masaryka, prvního prezidenta Ceskoslovenska, o rozmerech 9×9x2 mm, vytvoril výtvarník Lubomír Vanek k 15. narozeninám Muzea rekordu a kuriozit v Pelhrimove. K odhalení došlo 25. cervna 2009.
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World's smallest equestrian statue
For some reason or other Czechs have a special affinity for equestrian statues – with hindsight horse-riding seems to have been one of the safest forms of travel – and you will find many of them around the country. In 2009 the smallest equestrian statue in the country – and very likely in the entire world – was unveiled with pomp and ceremony on Tomáš G. Masaryk Square in Pelhrimov. The statue represents Czechoslovakia’s first president on horseback and is only nine millimeters tall. It was made by artist Lubomír Vanek in honour of the 15th birthday of the Pelhrimov-based Museum of Czech Records and Curiosities. The statue, which took two months’ work under a strong microscope, is permanently exhibited on the town’s main square – in a glass case on the building of the Pelhrimov town hall – just above the nameplate of the square. It comes with a text in Czech and English and a photograph in which the statue is seen enlarged. It may not surprise you that the biggest equestrian statue in the world was also made by a Czech artist – it is the statue of the fierce one-eyed warrior Jan Žižka that stands on Vítkov Hill in Prague.
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