The statue of Bedřich Smetana is a sculpture of the famous Czech composer

Bedřich Smetana Bedřich Smetana ( , ; 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival." He has been regarded i ...

(1824–1884) located outside the Smetana Museum in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

, Czech Republic. It was unveiled on 4 June 1984, the one-hundred-year anniversary of his death. The bronze sculpture, 235 cm high and weighing about a ton, was by professor Josef Malejovský and architect Bedřich Hanák.

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