Monument to Jan Amos Comenius in Jičín

Jan Amos Komenský, a pedagogical and writing genius and reformer, ranks not only among the greatest personalities of our nation, but also greatly influenced the world beyond our borders. Our nation is proud of his legacy to this day, and thus honored all his jubilees to the extreme. As the 300th anniversary of his birth approached, which fell on March 28, 1892, preparations took place throughout the Kingdom of Bohemia to…