🏟️ Ivančena

Czech Republic · Europe · 49.57°N, 18.44°E

Ivančena is a stone cairn erected as a memorial for five Scouts, members of the Silesian Scout Resistance, who were executed in April 1945 in Cieszyn, modern-day Poland, for their part in the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II. The monument is located on Lysá hora, a mountain in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids in the Czech Republic. Annually near Saint George's Day, Czech Scouts make a pilgrimage to the site.

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Quick facts

Country	Czech Republic
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	49.57°N, 18.44°E · view on map

Ivančena is located in Czech Republic, in Europe.

More memorials in Czech Republic

Cairn of Peace Memorial · František Palacký Monument, Prague · Kobylisy Shooting Range · Lety concentration camp · Memorial of the Second Resistance Movement · Memorial to the Victims of Communism · Royal field with the monument to Přemysl the Ploughman · Statue of Alois Jirásek, Prague · Statue of Bedřich Smetana, Prague · Statue of Charles IV, Křižovnické Square.

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