Name: Biblical strongman Samson leaves České Budějovice for historic Prague Castle exhibit
Uploaded: 2025-08-15T08:27:14+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: The legendary statue of Samson is leaving the South Bohemian capital of České Budějovice for the first time ever. Since 1990, the original has been stored inside the city’s town hall, a couple meters away from its original location. Now it is travelling to Prague Castle, where it will become part of the exhibition ‘Vltava:

Photo: Kristýna Barchini, Czech Radio

The legendary statue of Samson is leaving the South Bohemian capital of České Budějovice for the first time ever. Since 1990, the original has been stored inside the city’s town hall, a couple meters away from its original location. Now it is travelling to Prague Castle, where it will become part of the exhibition ‘Vltava: famed and flowing’.

For almost three centuries, the water-spouting statue of Biblical strongman Samson wrestling a lion stood atop the fountain on the central square of Přemysl Otakar II in České Budějovice.

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Author: Xavier Amedeo Pallas