Statue of Maria Theresa in Prague, Sculpture in Sady Marie Terezie, Prague, Czech Republic.
The Statue of Maria Theresa in Maria Theresa Park on Hradčany is a five-and-a-half-metre silhouette of the ruler, cast from artificial stone and unveiled on 20 October 2020. Sculptor Jan Kovářík and architect Jan Proksa designed it without any ornament, so the figure reads as a bare outline against the park.
The monument was created to honor Maria Theresa, who ruled the Habsburg Empire from 1740 to 1780. Her long reign had a major influence on the development of Prague and the entire region.
The park is named after Maria Theresa, the only woman to rule on the Czech throne, who reigned as Czech queen from 1740 to 1780. The naming followed the park's creation in 2017 on the former Blanka tunnel construction site, next to the Baroque fortification. A petition against the monument criticised her rule, citing the abolition of the Czech Court Chancellery and the persecution of Protestants.
The monument sits in a public park and is accessible free of charge throughout the day. Its location near Prague's center and public transportation makes a visit straightforward.
The statue is 5.5 metres tall and was cast from artificial stone, not bronze; it was unveiled on 20 October 2020, the anniversary of Maria Theresa's accession to the Czech throne in 1740. The commission cost Prague 6 almost four million crowns.
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