Newly-reconstructed Jan Hus memorial opens in Husinec

The village of Husinec in South Bohemia has a opened a newly reconstructed memorial to the 15th century religious reformer Jan Hus. The costs of the new visitor and research centre in what is believed to be Jan Hus' native house have reached 26 million crowns; more than 20 million were provided by the Czech government. A Catholic priest and later the rector of Prague’s Charles University, Hus became a key predecessor of the religious reformation movement that took off some hundred years after he was burned at the stake by the church in 1415. The Czech Republic this year marks 600 the years since his death. Saturday's opening was attended by PM Bohuslav Sobotka and culture minister Daniel Herman.