Statue of John of Nepomuk in Bělá pod Bezdězem, Religious monument at Masarykovo náměstí, Bělá pod Bezdězem, Czech Republic.

The statue of John of Nepomuk stands in front of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Bělá pod Bezdězem, where it was moved in 1920 from the southeast corner of the town square. The slightly under-life-size figure wears a canon's robe; unusually, he holds his biretta in his left hand instead of wearing it, while his right hand raises a crucifix. A halo with the customary five stars surrounds his head, and the statue rests on a small prismatic pedestal with volutes, itself set on a larger prismatic base bearing inscription panels.

The statue was made in 1722, as its chronogram records, and commissioned by Václav Vít Hynek Cippl, parish priest of Bělá from 1717 to 1724. It stood in the southeast part of the square until 1920, when it was moved in front of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. In June 1919 unknown perpetrators broke off its head and right hand with the cross; the head was found in 1920 and reattached by the stonemason Pokorný.

The statue shows John of Nepomuk in canon's robes but without the usual biretta on his head: he holds it in his left hand while his right hand raises a cross. His halo carries the customary five stars. The base bears an inscription that is also a chronogram, giving the year 1722.

The sculpture sits on the central Masarykovo Square and is easily reached as it stands directly beside the Church of Holy Cross. Visitors can view it at any time since it occupies an openly accessible public space in the town center.

In June 1919 unknown perpetrators struck off the statue's head and its right hand with the cross; the head was found in 1920 in a puddle on the square and reattached with the hand by the stonemason Pokorný. The damage came amid the destruction of Catholic monuments in the Mladá Boleslav region after Czechoslovakia's founding.