Stock Photo - The Vitkov National Memorial was built in the years 1928_1938 in honour of the Czechoslovak legionaries, then it was rebuilt and extended after the end of the WW2 in order to commemorate anti_nazi resistance After 1948, it was used to promote Communist regime and prominent heads of the Communist were buried here In 1953 the Mausoleum of Klement Gottwald was established for the most prominent person of Czech Communist era During the next years the Memorial started to be forgotten In 2001, the Vitkov National Memorial became part of a government resolution on reconstruction of some memorials related to Czechoslovak history of the 20th century It came under the management of the National Museum and after over two years of reconstruction, the Memorial was opened to the public on 29th October, 2009 On image _ interior of the National Memorial on the Vitkov Hill, in Prague, Czech Republic on March 29, 2011 CTK Photo/Martin Sterba, Josef Horazny

Stock Photo: The Vitkov National Memorial was built in the years 1928-1938 in honour of the Czechoslovak legionaries, then it was rebuilt and extended after the end of the.

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