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Equestrian Statue of St Wenceslas

c. 907 - 935
duke of Bohemia, raised as Christian by his grandmother, Saint Ludmila. He was murdered in 935 on his way to church. Patron saint of the Czech people and the Czech Republic
(Wikipedia)

Ignaz Bendl
1678-1680 (copy 1965)

Description

Sandstone equestrian sculpture of St Wenceslas.
The original sculpture is housed in the Lapidarium of the National Museum in Prague.

Artist

Ignaz Bendl (c. 1650 - c. 1730), Czech-Austrian painter, sculptor, medalist and ivory engraver, who worked mainly in Vienna and Brno (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Bazilika sv. Petra a Pavla na Vyšehradě, Vyšehradská zastavení.

Location (N 50°3'56" - E 14°25'2") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr057; Photograph: 6 July 2026
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