National Monument at Vítkov
The National Monument at Vítkov on top of Vítkov Hill in Prague's Žižkov district is one of the most important buildings commemorating the Czech statehood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: War memorial in Prague
- Also known as: “Narodni pamatnik Vitkov”, “Národní památník Vítkov”, and “National Monument in Vitkov”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include John Zizka Memorial and Žižkov Television Tower.
Žižkov Television Tower
Photo: Bertik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Žižkov Television Tower is a transmitter tower built in Prague between 1985 and 1992. Designed by the architect Václav Aulický and the structural engineer Jiří Kozák, it stands high above the city's traditional skyline from its position on top of a hill in the district of Žižkov, from which it takes its name. Žižkov Television Tower is situated 1 km south of National Monument at Vítkov.
Prague 3
Town hall
Photo: Aktron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prague 3, is a second-tier municipality in Prague. It is geographically identical to the national administrative district and city administrative district of the same name. Prague 3 is situated 510 metres southeast of National Monument at Vítkov.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florenc and Karlín.
Karlín
Suburb
Photo: PatrikPaprika, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karlín is a cadastral area of Prague, part of Prague 8 municipal district, formerly an independent town. It is bordered by the river Vltava and Holešovice to the north, Vítkov hill and Žižkov to the south, New Town to the west and Libeň to the east.
Žižkov
Suburb
Photo: David Sedlecký, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Žižkov is a cadastral district of Prague, Czech Republic. Most of Žižkov lies in the municipal and administrative district of Prague 3, except for very small parts which are in Prague 8 and Prague 10.
National Monument at Vítkov
- Categories: museum building, mausoleum, and equestrian statue
- Location: Praha 3, Prague 3, Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“National Monument at Vítkov” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Monument nacional a Vítkov”
- Cebuano: “Národní památník Vítkov”
- Chinese: “維特科夫國家紀念碑”
- Chinese: “維特科夫紀念碑”
- Czech: “Národní památník na Vítkově”
- Czech: “Památník národního osvobození”
- Czech: “Žižkova jezdecká socha”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نصب تذكارى وطنى فى فيتكوف”
- French: “Memorial national de Vitkov”
- French: “mémorial national de Vítkov”
- French: “Mémorial national de Vítkov”
- German: “Nationaldenkmal am Veitsberg”
- Italian: “Monumento nazionale di Vítkov”
- Italian: “Monumento Nazionale di Vítkov”
- Korean: “비트코프 국립 기념관”
- Persian: “یادبود قتل عام دومژلیتسه”
- Polish: “Národní památník na Vítkově”
- Polish: “Pomnik narodowy na Vítkově”
- Russian: “Национальный памятник на Виткове”
- Slovak: “Národný pamätník na Vítkove”
- Swedish: “Národní památník na Vítkově”
- Swedish: “Národní památník Vítkov”
- Turkish: “Vítkov Tepesi Ulusal Anıtı”
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