Monument to Antonin Dvorak
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The monument to Antonin Dvorak was erected on Jan Palach Square in front of the famous Rudolfinium, a palace of music and arts.
Antonin Dvorak is a world-famous Czech composer whose works have made his native country famous. In his work, the musical traditions of Bohemia and Moravia, folk music and songs of his native land were expressed. In the last years of his life, Dvorak was the director of the Prague Conservatory, which at that time was housed in the Rudolfinium, a palace in the heart of the city.
After World War II, a bronze monument to Antonin Dvorak was erected on the square in front of the residence of the Czech Symphony Orchestra.