František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician, the most influential person of the Czech National Revival, called "Father of the Nation".
František Palacký
Palacký in 1821 in Vienna, painting by František Tkadlík
Laying the foundation stone of National Theatre in Prague, May 16, 1868
František Palacký (lithography, 1855)
The Czechs, or the Czech people, are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language.
Czech traditional costumes
Bedřich Smetana Among his Friends, 1865; oil painting by František Dvořák
The Slav Epic by Alfons Mucha
St. John of Nepomuk (Jan Nepomucký)