Monument to Božena Němcová in Hradec Králové

Few of the uninitiated would say that this monument has a close connection with the Božena Němcová monument in Prague. In 1940, Božena Němcová's society launched a public competition for the design of a stone monument on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of this writer. The Hradec Králové sculptor Josef Václav Škoda also decided to participate, but his idea failed before the local jury, just like the others...