“It was a time full of emotions” – demolition of Marian column recalled 100 years later

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:14:44 +0200“It was a time full of emotions” – demolition of Marian column recalled 100 years laterhttps://english.radio.cz/it-was-a-time-full-emotions-demolition-marian-column-recalled-100-years-later-8146973© 2026 Radio Prague International This Saturday marks exactly 100 years since the destruction of one of Prague’s then best-known landmarks, a Marian column on Old Town Square. The monumental Baroque structure was built in 1650 in gratitude for the end of the Thirty Year’s War. But more than 250 years later, it was torn down by an angry mob, which saw it as a symbol of the Habsburg takeover of the Czech lands. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/mariansky_sloup_strzeni_1918.jpg?timestamp=1591678092 “It was a time full of emotions” – demolition of Marian column recalled 100 years later https://english.radio.cz/it-was-a-time-full-emotions-demolition-marian-column-recalled-100-years-later-8146973 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9