Prague district pushing to reinstall statue of Marshal Radecký

The Prague 1 district leadership is lobbying for a statue of the 19th century Field Marshal Josef Radecký to be reinstalled in the city square of Malostranské náměstí during a major reconstruction this year.

The statue of the famous Czech nobleman and Austrian field marshal had stood in the Lesser Town square from 1858 to 1919, when it was removed due to objections from Italian diplomats.

Radecký served as chief of the general staff in the Habsburg Monarchy late in the Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for the victories at the Battles of Custoza (1848) and Novara (1849) during the First Italian War of Independence.