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    Socha komtura - Plaque

    Socha komtura

    4.0(2 reviews)
    5.0 kmStaré Město, Praha 1

    In front of the Estates Theatre, a strange figure sits on a plinth…read more The statue at the Estates Theatre was named Il Commendatore by its creator Anna Chromy and created the mysterious statue of the commander in the form of a wrinkled cloak without a figure or face to commemorate the premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Estates Theatre on October 29, 1787. Our guide mentioned that many drunken ones make a fool of themselves by putting their heads inside the statue's hooded area....then trying to pull themselves out....with no ease......an experience that has had many police people come to the rescue more than once. There are similar statues in other parts of the world. But this one in Prague is part of many of the guided tours.

    Il Commendatore in Prague is an art piece by Anna Chromý. The Cloak of Conscience is a depiction of…read morea faceless figure hooded and shrouded in cloth. Here it is outside the opera house where Mozart first performed Don Giovanni in 1787. When asked about her inspiration for The Cloak of Conscience, Anna Chromy quoted Albert Einstein: "The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science..." It is an interesting and mildly creepy sculpture. You'd like to see the face but there is no face and no body there. [Review 12239 overall, 2023 of 2019.]

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    Socha komtura - Il Commandatore sculpture, Prague

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    Socha zavěšeného Sigmunda Freuda - Hanging Sigmund Freud statue

    Socha zavěšeného Sigmunda Freuda

    4.5(2 reviews)
    5.3 kmStaré Město, Praha 1

    You have to find this fascinating sculpture, also called "man hanging out." It first glance you…read moremight think it is a real person. It is easy to miss as it is up about 2 stories

    Yelp Review 2023 #106:…read more Not everything worth seeing is within our line of vision. I enjoy interesting things that you can find in unexpected places and spaces. This hanging statue of Sigmund Freud called "Man Hanging Out" by David Černý (the same artist that made Franz Kafka's Rotating Head). Find Svejk Restaurant and Pilsner Urquell on Husova and Betlemske Namesti and you're in the right spot. Now, look up! Story has it that when this statue was first unveiled, people actually thought it was a man in trouble dangling from a pole. What's the actual story behind this statue? Freud was of course a famous neurologist and the father of psychoanalysis - Czech Republic and Austria both claim him. Freud, who had oral cancer later in his life, was said to have died through assisted suicide by having his physician give him huge doses of morphine. After all, "the goal of all life is death" according to Freud. Another way to interpret this statue is how Freud describes the role of a psychoanalyst by using evenly-suspended attention (not focusing on what the client is saying but the the clients unconscious/subconscious ideas and affect). I'm not sure where I'm going with this but it made sense right before typing all this.

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    Gurman - localflavor - Updated June 2026

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