Záboj and Slavoj

{{Short description|Sculpture in Prague, Czech Republic}}

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{{Expand Czech| Záboj a Slavoj (sousoší) |date=November 2023}}

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| artist = Josef Václav Myslbek

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Záboj and Slavoj ({{langx|cs|Záboj a Slavoj}}) is an outdoor sculpture by Josef Václav Myslbek, installed at Vyšehradské sady in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic.{{cite book|title=Prague: A Cultural and Literary History|author1=Richard Burton|author2=Burton, R.D.E.|date=2003|publisher=Signal Books|isbn=9781902669632|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0uaU8M2bosC&pg=PA81|page=81|access-date=2016-04-30}}

It depicts the heroic brothers from the manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and of Zelená Hora.{{cite web|url=http://www.praguecityline.cz/prazske-pamatky/sochy-a-sousosi-na-vysehrade-i|title=Sochy a sousoší na Vyšehradě I.|publisher=praguecityline.cz|access-date=2016-04-30}} The brothers were leaders of the rebellion against the invasion of the German troops of Charlemagne and allegedly led the victorious battle in 805.{{cite web |title=Záboj |url=http://www.rukopisy-rkz.cz/rkz/text/zab.htm |website=Rukopisy-rkz.cz}}

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