National Memorial on Vítkov Hill

The National Memorial at Vítkov was built between 1929 and 1938 as the National Liberation Memorial to honor the Czechoslovak legionnaires. After the end of the Second World War the memorial was further adjusted, because it was necessary to commemorate the second anti-Fascist resistance movement. After 1948 it started serving to official ideology and regime propagation. Significant representatives of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia were buried there and in 1935 the Klement Gottwald Mausoleum was established. Gottwald’s body was exhibited in a room with constant humidity and temperature in order to prevent any damage to the body.

Nowadays after a two-year renovation and search for the best use of the memorial, visitors to the Vítkov memorial administered by the National Museum of Prague have the possibility to not only see the room, where Gottwald’s body was originally placed but also the impressive interiors of the memorial. Worth seeing is also the permanent exhibition titled Crossroads of Czech and Czechoslovak Statehood dealing with the main points of the 20th century history of Czechoslovakia. Another interesting feature of the Vítkov memorial is the monumental bronze horse statue with Jan Žižka weighing 16,5 tons that was revealed in 1950 on the day of the anniversary of the battle of Vítkov hill.

In winter the memorial is opened from Thursday till Sunday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. (for the rest of the year it is open every day except for Monday). You can also visit the viewing platform on top of the memorial; however, entrance is restricted to 25 persons once in 30 minutes. After the tour you can relax at Café Vítkov, a non-smoking cafe with a terrace with beautiful views of Prague.

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