Statue of Saint Wenceslas
Bronze equestrian monument to a warrior-duke, ringed by four patron saints on a granite pedestal.
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This guide to the Statue of Saint Wenceslas in Prague follows sculptor Josef Václav Myslbek's decades-long struggle to get the bronze rider right, from winning the 1887 commission over a rival's design to studying a real army stallion named Ardo in his workshop. It traces the statue's 1913 unveiling and the four patron saints Myslbek kept adding around its base. Listen for the words cut into the granite pedestal beneath the horse.
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