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Benedikt Roezl

Horom??ice u Prahy 1823 - Prague 1885
Czech traveller, gardener and botanist

Gustav Zoula & Vincenc Vosmík
1898

Description

Statue of Roezl studying an orchid, behind him sits a woman.

Inscription(s)

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

slavnému
botaniku a cestovateli
vĕnují
JEHO CTITELÉ

Benedikt
Roezl

famous
botanist and traveler
tribute from
his devotees

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

Sculptors

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

Sources & Information

Miroslav Liška, Pomníky a sochy v Praze.

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

Item Code: czpr053; Photograph: 18 February 2011
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