St Wenceslas monument and National museum (Národní muzeum), Prague, Czech Republic
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Bernard O'Kane / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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6075 x 4050 px | 51.4 x 34.3 cm | 20.3 x 13.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
March 2010Location:
Wenceslas SquareMore information:
Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav; [ˈvaːtslaf] (help·info); c. 907 – September 28, 935), or Wenceslas I, was duke (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his death. Wenceslas is best known in the English-speaking world as the subject of the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas." The mounted saint was sculpted by Josef Václav Myslbek in 1912, and the image of Wenceslas is accompanied by other Czech patron saints carved into the ornate statue base: Saint Ludmila, Saint Agnes of Bohemia, Saint Prokop, and Saint Adalbert of Prague. The statue base, designed by architect Alois Dryák, includes the inscription: "Svatý Václave, vévodo české země, kníže náš, nedej zahynouti nám ni budoucím" ("Saint Wenceslas, duke of the Czech land, prince of ours, do not let perish us nor our descendants"). The National museum (Czech: Národní muzeum) is a Czech museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections. It was founded 1818 in Prague by Kašpar Maria Šternberg. Historian František Palacký was also strongly involved. The main museum building is located on the upper end of Wenceslas Square and was built by prominent Czech neo-renaissance architect Josef Schulz from 1885 - 1891