Explore the historic highlights of Athens
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447 BC
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c. 495-429 BC
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421-406 BCE
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100-0 BCE
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437 BC
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420 BCE
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420 BCE
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161 AD
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6th century BC
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132 AD
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159 BCE (1952-1956)
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1759
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5th century BCE
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2009
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6th century BC
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520 BC
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450 BCE
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131-132 AD
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490-480 BCE
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144 AD
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1842
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2700 BCE
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1874-1888
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1843
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1930
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c. 116 AD
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570 BCE
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1837
The Jan Hus Memorial stands at one end of Old Town Square. The huge monument depicts victorious Hussite warriors and Protestants who were forced into exile 200 years after Hus, and a young mother who symbolises national rebirth. The monument was so large that the sculptor designed and built his own villa and studio where the work could be carried out. It was unveiled in 1915 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Jan Hus' martyrdom. The memorial was designed by Ladislav Ĺ aloun and paid for solely by public donations.
Born in 1369, Hus became an influential religious thinker, philosopher, and reformer in Prague. He was a key predecessor to the Protestant movement of the sixteenth century. In his works he criticized religious moral decay of the Catholic Church. Accordingly, the Czech patriot Hus believed that mass should be given in the vernacular, or local language, rather than in Latin. He was inspired by the teachings of John Wycliffe.