The famous one is a monument to the unknown soldier. This memorial dominates the highest point in Žižkov and is a memorial to all the unknown soldiers that lost their lives in the Second World War.
The monument is "guarded" by a statue of Jan Žižka who was one of the main figures in the Hussite Wars in the early fifteenth century.
The other, not so famous, landmark is the Žižkov TV tower. This was one of the last communist era blights on the skyline of prague and was actually named as the second ugliest building in the world.
There is an observation deck in the tower and we will visit it on a clear day and watch the sun go down and city lights come on.
Check out the following Wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDi%C5%BEkov_Television_Tower for more information. To soften the look of the tower and make it more interesting Czech artist David Černý installed a bunch of statues of babies crawling up and down the towers. Kind of creepy and interesting at the same time considering that the "babies" are as big as a house.
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