Desenzano del Garda, Italy
0-300 AD
Rapallo, Italy
3rd century BCE
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Reggio Calabria, Italy
4th century BCE
Bacoli, Italy
8th century BCE
Tindari, Italy
396 BCE
Marinella di Selinunte, Italy
7th century BCE
Locri, Italy
5th century BCE
Aymavilles, Italy
3 BCE
Buddusò, Italy
1600-400 BCE
Arzachena, Italy
1600 BCE
Reggio Calabria, Italy
2nd century AD
Province of Matera, Italy
6th century BCE
Porto Torres, Italy
1st century BCE
Acqui Terme, Italy
1st century AD
Catanzaro, Italy
1st century AD
Manerba del Garda, Italy
8000-4000 BC
Marsala, Italy
397 BCE
Arzachena, Italy
1300-800 BCE
Naples, Italy
1st century BCE
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.