• The village of Husinec in South Bohemia has a opened a newly reconstructed memorial to the 15th century religious reformer Jan Hus.
  • The memorial is a bronze sculpture depicting Jan Hus standing defiantly in the middle of the sculpture.
  • Jan Hus Memorial Day is an official public holiday in the Czech Republic, which takes place annually on July 6, the day of the execution of the famous reformer.
  • The enormous memorial celebrates Jan Hus, who was a fourteenth century religious reformer. He questioned the Catholic Church’s affluence and corruption.
  • Twelve years later, on 6 July 1915, it was unveiled in Prague’s Old Town Square to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Hus’s martyrdom in Konstanz.
  • Jan Hus Memorial Designed By Ladislav Stock Photo 297807575 | Shutterstock. File:Monument Jan Hus Prague.jpg - Wikimedia Commons.
  • Today, the Jan Hus Memorial is located at the Prague Old Town Square (Czech: Staroměstské náměstí), and there are many smaller memorials in other...
  • The memorial honoring Jan Hus was the lifework of Czech sculptor Ladislav Šaloun, an autodidact who was inspired by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
  • The Czech-Austrian offices and the Catholic Church were against the creation of the Jan Hus Memorial, so eventually it was unveiled unofficially on the occasion...
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