Wenceslas Square - Prague, Czech Republic
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Wenceslas Square - the view of the statue of St. Wenceslaus from staircase of the National Museum
Waymark Code: WM1643D
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/30/2022
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A somewhat unusual depiction of the St. Wenceslas Monument. The puzzle is called Wenceslas Square, but it shows mainly the back of a horse. Those who don't know the place probably won't be attracted by the puzzle, but maybe I'm wrong. I wonder how many have been sold?
The note about the photo: only a ramp of the museum's staircase is suitable for keeping the right height of the shot, but for the right angle the photographer should be right in the middle of the ramp, but there is located the central statue (
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"The monument was unveiled in 1913 (not fully completed yet), the last statues of St Adalbert and St Agnes were installed only in 1924. The pedestal is made of polished granite. Alois Dryák participated in the architectural decoration of the monument and Celda Kloucek in the ornamental decoration.
The sign on the monument: St Wenceslas, Leader of the Czech Lands, our Prince, do not let us die nor those yet to come.
Czech independence was proclaimed in front of this monument on 28th October 1918 with the following works of the document, read out by Alois Jirásek. Therefore, in 1935 the date of 28th October 1918 was embedded into the stones. The decorative bronze chain for the protection of the sculptural group was installed in 1979."
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