Soutomaior, Spain
12th century
Valencia de Don Juan, Spain
15th century
Miranda del Castañar, Spain
13th century
Novelda, Spain
10th century AD
Zuheros, Spain
11th century
Monturque, Spain
8th century AD
Lorca, Spain
9th century AD
Villafamés, Spain
14th century
Trevejo, Spain
12th century
Turégano, Spain
15th century
Santa Pola, Spain
1557
Baños de la Encina, Spain
967 AD
Coria, Spain
1473-1478
Guadix, Spain
11th century
Aldea del Obispo, Spain
1663
Nijar, Spain
1771
Plasencia, Spain
c. 1178
Vimianzo, Spain
13th century
Almería, Spain
11th century
Zahara de los Atunes, Spain
13th century
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 Šaloun 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.