''Ctirad and Šárka'' () is an outdoor sculpture by

Josef Václav Myslbek Josef Václav Myslbek (20 June 1848 – 2 June 1922) was a Czech sculptor and medalist credited with founding the modern Czech sculpting style.Stech, V. V. Josef Vaclav Myslbek, Prague, 1954. Artia. Life Josef grew up poor in a suburb of Prague ...

, installed at Vyšehradské sady in

Vyšehrad Vyšehrad (German: ''Wyschehrad,'' ''Prager Hochburg'', English: "upper castle") is a historic fort in Prague, Czech Republic, just over 3 km southeast of Prague Castle, on the east bank of the Vltava River. It was probably built in the 1 ...

, Prague, Czech Republic. It depicts Ctirad and Šárka of Slavic mythology and the Bohemian tale ''

The Maidens' War The Maidens' War () is a tale in Bohemian tradition about an uprising of women against men. According to legend, it occurred sometime in the 8th century. It first appeared in the twelfth-century '' Chronica Boemorum'' of Cosmas of Prague, and ...

'', when women after the death of

Libuše , Libussa, Libushe or, historically ''Lubossa'', is a legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty and the Czechs, Czech people as a whole. According to legend, she was the youngest but wisest of three sisters, who became queen after their father ...

built the castle ''Děvín'' lying on the opposite hill of the Vyšehrad.

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