TGM Monument
Description:
A bronze monument to the first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomas Garrigu Masaryk, was erected on Hradcan Square in Prague.
The monument was opened on March 7, 2000 to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth.
The three-meter figure of Tomas Masaryk rises on a granite pedestal in the heart of the historic district of Prague Gradcany.
The monument was made by sculptors Josef Weitz and Jan Bartosz on the model of master Otakar Spaniel, increasing the original model three times. The prototype sculpture was created in 1931 and is now housed in the Prague Pantheon of the National Museum. The modern look of the original model was given by the architect Jiri Ratowski.
After the monument was erected on Hradchanskaya Square, a replica of the statue was also made, which was then taken away and placed in Mexico City on the main avenue named after Masaryk. He is so well known in his country that the authors confined themselves to the laconic inscription "TGM" on the monument, without deciphering the full name of the first president.
