Jan Palach Memorial - The House of Suicide and the House of the Mother of Suicide

Near the embankment with benches from which a wonderful view of the Prague Castle opens.

A modern artwork. You should pay a visit.

The House of the Suicide and the House of the Mother of the Suicide is a pair of sculptures in memorial to Jan Palach. The memorial features two cube like structures crowned with some devastating looking steel spikes. I admire the sentiments, but this is way to abstract. Plus one for the memorial to a Czech hero though.

I came across this memorial by accident. I had no idea what it was, or what it represented. Just a few metres away I took a picture of a bronze memorial plaque of Jan Palach on the side of a building. Now I know what this is, and what it represents, I could kick myself for not taking a photo of them. I like the way one monument is in in Stainless Steel, and the other rusty. Art is always a personal interpretation in the eye of the beholder, but l think this works well. A monument to a Czech hero.

We came across this quite by accident as we happened to alight a tram just beside the sculpture. They are very big up close and look good against the backdrop of the river and castle beyond