On April 6th Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev visited the National Memorial on Vitkov Hill as part of his trip to Czech Republic.
President Ilham Aliyev laid a wreath at the memorial, and signed a guest book of its Museum.
Built between 1929 and 1938, to honor the participants in the struggle for Czechoslovak independence, the Vítkov memorial and its giant equestrian statue are one of Prague`s most famous landmarks.
Vítkov Hill was an appropriate place for the monument not only because it was the site of a famous Hussite battle, but also because 15,000 people demonstrated here in 1868 in support of the Czech national revival.
On October 29, 2009 it opened to the public as a new permanent exhibition of the National Museum, entitled Crossroads of Czech and Czechoslovak Statehood.
The exhibition demonstrates the cross-roads of Czech history. It showcases many intriguing historical items such as the last letters from prison written by Milada Horákova and Heliodor Píka, personal items of Jan Palach and the typewriter belonging to Czech writer Pavel Tigrid.

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