Jan Palach Memorial

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  • Address
    In front of the National Museum, Václavské náměstí, Vyšehrad
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Muzeum

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On 16 January 1969, university student Jan Palach set fire to himself and died in protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia the preceding August. The exact spot the martyr fell is marked by a wooden cross in the pavement that seems to have suffered a small earthquake beneath it. The 16 January is now commemorated annually.