Photo: Martin Vaniš, Radio Prague International
A replica of a Marian column torn down in 1918 was erected on Prague’s Old Town Square three years ago, in June 2020, after years of often turbulent debate.
A group called the Society for the Restoration of the Marian Column lobbied for the return of the column, which was torn down in November 1918.
They said it was a symbolic commemoration of the defenders of Prague during the Thirty Years’ War, though opponents saw it – as had its original removers – as a symbol of Habsburg domination and oppression of the nation.
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