Statue of Saint Wenceslas

The statue of Saint Wenceslas in , Czech Republic depicts Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. It is installed at .
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: sculpture by Josef Václav Myslbek
  • Also known as: “St. Wenceslas statue”, “Statue of Saint Wenceslas, Wenceslas Square”, and “Statue of St. Wenceslaus”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include State Opera and Dům módy.

Theater building
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The is an opera house in , . It is part of the National Theatre of the Czech Republic, founded by Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in 1992. is situated 240 metres east of Statue of Saint Wenceslas.

Public building
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is a public building.

Metro station
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is a major interchange station on the Prague Metro, located directly beneath and the historic building of the . It serves as a transfer point between Line A and Line C. is situated 110 metres northeast of Statue of Saint Wenceslas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Vysehrad and New Town.

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The New Town of is in the east bank area to the east and south of the Old Town. A large part of New Town that borders Old Town from east and south belongs to Praha 1 district.

Suburb
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is a quarter in the city of in the . is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague.

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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

Statue of Saint Wenceslas

Latitude
50.07978° or 50° 4′ 47″ north
Longitude
14.42973° or 14° 25′ 47″ east
Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)
Inception
1912
Height
1 metre (3.3 feet)
Open location code
9F2P3CHH+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 172997075
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Geo­Names ID
6929938
Wiki­data ID
Q3497632
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Statue of Saint Wenceslas” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Помнік Святому Вацлаву”
  • Cebuano: “St. Wenceslas statue”
  • Czech: “Pomník sv. Václava”
  • Czech: “Pomník sv.Václava”
  • Czech: “Pomník svatého Václava na Václavském náměstí v Praze”
  • Czech: “Pomník svatého Václava”
  • Czech: “Socha svatého Václava”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال القديس وينسيسلاوس”
  • French: “statue équestre de saint Venceslas”
  • French: “Statue équestre de saint Venceslas”
  • French: “Statue équestre de saint Wenceslas”
  • German: “St.-Wenzels-Denkmal”
  • Italian: “Statua equestre di San Venceslao”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Świętego Wacława”
  • Romanian: “Statuia Sf. Venceslau”
  • Russian: “Памятник святому Вацлаву”
  • Russian: “Памятник Святому Вацлаву”
  • Slovak: “Pomník svätého Václava”
  • Swedish: “St. Wenceslas statue”

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