• The current name Jan Palach Square was introduced briefly (and unofficially) in 1969 after a huge funeral crowd honoring the student Jan Palach gathered there.
  • Located in the wonderful Old Town is Jan Palach Square ,a lovely square I always enjoy viewing on any holiday to Prague I take.
  • In Luxembourg in Place D'Armes there is in 1 corner a small square that hosts the Jan Palach square and the Jan Palach memorial statue.
  • This is a death-mask casting of Jan Palach, who in January 1969 voluntarily decided to set fire to himself in protest against the occupation of Czechoslovakia, and...
  • The square is named after Jan Palach, a student of the nearby Faculty of Arts, who immolated himself in January 1969 in protest of the 1968 Soviet...
  • Jan Palach Square info. ... The edges of the grassed area are shaped by an organic curve formally connected to the line proposed for the square.
  • The Jan Palach Square from the Rudolfinum Theater Stairs Editorial Photography - Image of performing, europe: 159004617 Jan palach square By Dreamstime.com.
  • If ever there was a place in the city that highlights why names of locations change over the years it’s the current Jan Palach Square.
  • Between Rudolfinum and the Faculty of Arts in Prague on Jan Palach Square, the filmmakers built a new set with stairs and a fountain.