Monument to Beethoven
Slovensk & aacute, Karlovy Vary
Description:
The monument to Beethoven is erected as a reminder of two visits of the great composer to Karlovy Vary. In 1812, Beethoven and violinist Giovanni Battista Polledroeni gave a charity concert for residents and holidaymakers of the resort town.
The statue of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven is located in a small park on the left bank of the Tepla River near Slovenska Street on the southern outskirts of Karlovy Vary. It was erected in 1929 on the site of the monument to Emperor Franz Joseph I and is a semicircular pedestal with stairs and railings and a bronze sculpture of the composer.