Commemoration for Old Town Square Executions of 1621

A commemoration is being held on Sunday in Prague’s Old Town Square to honour the 27 martyrs who were executed there on June 21, 1621. The three nobles, seven knights, and 17 burghers were executed by the Habsburg authorities following the defeat of the reformist Bohemians in the Battle of White Mountain outside Prague in 1620. Twenty-seven crosses in Old Town Square recall the executions. Prague mayor Adriana Krnáčová is to attend the commemoration.

Author: Chris Johnstone