Toledo, Spain
0-100 AD
Salamanca, Spain
0-100 AD
Lugo, Spain
3rd century AD
Cartagena, Spain
2nd century BCE
Mérida, Spain
2nd century AD
León, Spain
200-300 AD
Alcúdia, Spain
123 BC
Vigo, Spain
0-300 AD
Córdoba, Spain
0-100 AD
Iruña de Oca, Spain
1st century AD
Medellín, Spain
1st century BCE
Alcántara, Spain
104 AD
Seville, Spain
68-65 BCE
Alicante, Spain
3rd century BCE
Mérida, Spain
c. 20 BCE
Alcántara, Spain
103 AD
Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain
350-400 AD
Ibiza, Spain
6th century AD
Torrox, Spain
2nd century BCE
Alange, Spain
2nd century AD
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.