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Hlavní mĕsto

Karlovo námĕstí, Nové Město

Benedikt Roezl

Horoměřice u Prahy 1823 - Praha 1885
Czech traveller, gardener and botanist
(Wikipedia)

Gustav Zoula & Vincenc Vosmík
1898

Description

Statue of Roezl studying an orchid, behind him sits a Native American with a knife and cutting a plant.

Praha - Benedikt Roezl

Inscription(s)

benediktu * 18 ¹²/₈ 24
ROEZL^ovi † 18 ¹⁴/₁₀ 85

slavnému
botaniku a cestovateli
vĕnují
JEHO CTITELÉ

Benedikt
Roezl

famous
botanist and traveler
tribute from
his devotees

Signature

... Zouly ... Vosmik
arch^t e^d sochor

Artists

Vincenc (Čeňek) Vosmík (1860-1944), Czech sculptor.
Gustav Zoula (1871 - 1915), Czech sculptor.

Sources & Information

Miroslav Liška, Pomníky a sochy v Praze.

Location (N 50°4'25" - E 14°25'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr053; Photograph: 18 February 2011 / updated: 10 July 2026
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