Jan Hus Memorial, Bronze monument at Old Town Square, Czech Republic.
The Jan Hus Memorial is a multi-figure bronze sculpture on a Sedlčan granite pedestal standing on Old Town Square. The group shows several people in different poses and combines religious symbolism with Czech national narrative.
Sculptor Ladislav Šaloun worked nearly two decades on this piece, unveiled in 1915 exactly 500 years after the reformer's death. Completion came during a period of political tensions within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
The memorial recalls a theologian who wrote his sermons in Czech and strengthened the self-awareness of local communities. Today people gather before the monument during ceremonial events and lay flowers to remember his ideas.
The sculpture stands freely accessible in the middle of the square and can be viewed from all sides at any time. On weekends and holidays many visitors gather around the monument, so morning photos work better.
The monument is hollow, assembled from bronze plates bolted together. During the 2013–15 restoration, rusted bolts were replaced and brick supports swapped for stainless-steel ones. A bomb exploded on the pedestal on 2 June 1990, injuring 18 people; the perpetrator was never caught.
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