''Lumír and Song'' ( cs, Lumír a Píseň) is an outdoor sculpture made by

Josef Václav Myslbek Josef Václav Myslbek (20 June 1848 – 2 June 1922) was a Czech sculptor and medalist credited with founding the modern Czech sculpting style.Stech, V. V. Josef Vaclav Myslbek, Prague, 1954. Artia. Life Josef grew up poor in a suburb of Prague ...

in 1889-1897 for

Palacký Bridge The Palacký Bridge (1876) () is a bridge in Prague. It is one of the oldest functioning bridges over the Vltava in Prague after the Charles Bridge. It was built as the third major bridge shortly after the 1868 opening of the Franz Joseph Bridg ...

. Damaged from American bombing on February 14, 1945, statues were removed in 1948 in connection with the bridge reconstruction and installed at Vyšehradské sady in

Vyšehrad Vyšehrad (Czech for "upper castle") is a historic fort in Prague, Czech Republic, just over 3 km southeast of Prague Castle, on the east bank of the Vltava River. It was probably built in the 10th century. Inside the fort are the Basilica ...

, Prague, Czech Republic. The statue was previously at the New Town's side of

Vltava Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice and Prague, and finally merging with the Labe at M ...

and it was installed in the gardens with two other statues from the opposite

Smíchov Smíchov () is (since 1909) a district of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and is part of Prague 5. It is on the west bank of the Vltava river. History Between 1945 and 1989, the district contained a monument dedicated to Soviet tan ...

's side. The fourth statue,

Libuše and Přemysl ''Libuše and Přemysl'' (Czech: ''Libuše a Přemysl'') is an outdoor sculpture by Josef Václav Myslbek made in 1889-1897 for Palacký Bridge. Damaged from American bombing on February 14, 1945, bridge statues were removed in 1948 in connection ...

, was heavily damaged and repaired until reinstalled with the other three in 1977.Vyšehradské sady
Prague.eu - oficiální turistický portál Prahy. A bronze model of this statue is placed in the old town hall of the Prague Old Town. It depicts the legendary bard Lumír and Píseň ("song"). According to Dvůr Králové Manuscript Lumír refused to sing a hymn for the winners of

The Maidens' War "The Maidens' War" ( cs, Dívčí válka) is a tale in Bohemian tradition about an uprising of women against men. According to legend, it took place sometime in the 8th century. It first appeared in the twelfth-century ''Chronica Boëmorum'' ...

, and sings instead his last song to the Vyšehrad, then breaks his instrument. Albeit lacking authenticity, the story was in the 19th century considered a symbol of national conscience. Мост Палацкого

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