Relief Bohuslav Balbín - Praha, Klementinum, Czechia
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Pametní reliéf Bohuslava Balbína v Klementinu / Memorial relief of Bohuslav Balbín in Klementinum
Waymark Code: WM11VKP
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/23/2019
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CZ: Nápis na desce: Zde žil a v roce 1688 zemrel BOHUSLAV BALBÍN vlastenec a historik ceského baroka.
Bohuslav Balbín z Vorlicné (latinsky Bohuslav Balbinus; 3. prosince 1621 Hradec Králové – 29. listopadu 1688 Praha) byl ceský literát, historik, knez, zemepisec a pedagog. Jako jezuita se úcastnil rekatolizace, jako vlastenec se ve své dobe radil mezi obhájce ceského jazyka. Patrí mezi nejvýznamnejší osobnosti ceského baroka.
EN: Inscription on the board: BOHUSLAV BALBÍN, a patriot and historian of Czech Baroque, lived here and died in 1688.
Bohuslav Balbin of Vorlichna (Bohuslav Balbinus in Latin; December 3, 1621 Hradec Kralove - November 29, 1688 Prague) was a Czech writer, historian, priest, geographer and educator. As a Jesuit he participated in recatholization, as a patriot he was one of the defenders of the Czech language. He is one of the most important personalities of Czech Baroque.
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1983
Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]
Where is this sculpture?:
Klementinum
Studentské nádvoří
Praha, Praha Czechia
100 00
Sculptors Name: Jan Bartoš, Josef Polák
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