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Husitský kněz a Jiříi z Poděbrady

Hussite priest and George of Poděbrady

George of Poděbrady (1420 - 1471), King of Bohemia, 1458-1471, and a leader of the Hussites,
(Wikipedia)

Jaroslav Jindřich Vorel & Jindřich Čapek
1900

Praha / Husitský kněz a Jiříi z Poděbrady

Description

Neo-Gothic house ('U modrého lva'), built in 1900 to a design by Václav Vítězslav Chytrý. The bay window on the second floor of this house is adorned with half-figures of a Hussite priest holding a chalice and of Jiří of Poděbrady.

Praha - Husitský kněz a Jiříi z Poděbrady
Hussite priest George of Poděbrady

Artists

Jindřich Čapek (1876 - 1927), Czech sculptor.
Jaroslav Jindřich Vorel (Nová Ves nad Popelkou 1874 - Praha 1936), Czech sculptor.

Sources & Information

Daniel Abazid, Pamětihodnosti spojené s osobností Jeronýma Pražského na území Prahy [Places of interest associated with the figure of Jerome of Prague within the city of Prague]. Husitský Tábor 27 (2022), p. 51-82 (there p. 71), (PDF online).

Location (N 50°4'41" - E 14°25'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr004; Photograph: 10 July 2026
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