Husité na Žižkově
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The colourful story of the cultural, social, architectural, political and ideological transformations of Zizkov is told by a popular historian with characteristic narrative brilliance. And also with a bit of nostalgia for the fading spirit of the place where he spent his childhood and where the original colour is increasingly subject to technocratic visions. The idea of erecting an equestrian statue of Zizkov on Vítkov was given to the builder Karel Hartig in 1862, and shortly afterwards a regulatory plan of the future Zizkov was drawn up in his office. It was based on the patriotic concept of the quarter as a place of historical memory with street and space names referring to Hussitism. Admiration for the Hussites was also inherent in the First Republic, and the supposed social progressiveness of this late medieval movement suited the communist regime, which turned it into an ideological tool. Political tensions were inscribed on the map of Zizkov with new names, while the image of the locality in the general consciousness was changing: the Hussite tradition was losing its urgency and the legend of the "red" Zizkov, imposed on Czech society by the communists, was becoming stronger and stronger.
