Ceremonial unveiling of the monument to Jan Amos Comenius in Hořice in 1892

Jan Amos Komenský was banned from Czech education for many years, even though pedagogy was the purpose of his life. However, his creed and worldview were a problem for the Roman Catholic Church, and it tried since Bílá Hora to have his legacy completely suppressed. So when Comenius could not go to school, the passionate teachers decided that he would stand in front of them. She took the initiative to establish the monument at the end of the 80s...