Statues - Hither & Thither

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Praha
Hlavní mĕsto

U Sovových mlýnů 7, Malá Strana
(Werichove vila)

Zdeněk Wirth

Libčany 1878 - Praha 1961
Czech art historian, one of the founders of heritage conservation in Bohemia
(Wikipedia)

Antonín Kulda
1978

Description

Bust mounted on a corbel bearing an inscription. Placed on the 100th anniversary of Wirth's birth.

Inscription(s)

zde žil 1929-1940 a svá
nejvýznamnější díla
o praze
napsal akademik
ZDENĚK WIRTH
1878-1961

Here lived, 1929-1940, and
wrote his most significant
works on Prague
Academician
ZDENĚK WIRTH
1878–1961

Artist

Antonín Kulda (Rtyně v Podkrkonoší 1921 - 2010), Czech sculptor and medallist.

Sources & Information

Pamětní desky v Praze, Katalog pražských pamětních desek.
Literarni muzea, Busta Zdeňka Wirtha na konzoli v Praze.

Location (N 50°5'7" - E 14°24'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr095; Photograph: 7 July 2026
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