On the riverside in Hradec, there are sculptures from the Hořice symposium

Hradec Králové - Five new sculptures created by participants of this year's sculptural symposium in Hořice on Jičínsku can be admired by residents and visitors of Hradec Králové starting this evening. The sculptures are placed on Tyl's waterfront, where seven sculptures from previous years of the symposium also remain, said one of the organizers, Martin Samohrd, to ČTK.
    This year's symposium was attended by Egyptian artist Hassan Kamel, Slovak sculptor Ján Marko living in Prague, Jock Hildebrand from Canada, Lithuanian sculptor Rolandas Smitas, and Turkish sculptor Songül Telek, who worked on their pieces in the Hořice quarry from the beginning of July.
    So far, after a year on display in Hradec Králové, the sculptures returned to Hořice, where they were exhibited in the area behind the retirement home, but it is not excluded that they could stay in Hradec Králové longer. "We would like to deepen the collaboration and extend the loan period of the sculptures for more years. The works created in Hořice could then decorate other parts of Hradec. Unlike the permanently fixed sculptures, we could periodically change them for new ones, thus adding dynamism to both the city and the sculptures themselves," stated Hradec Králové's deputy mayor Martin Soukup.
    The symposium in Hořice has a long tradition, with the first one held in 1966. A few years ago, new organizers revived the tradition, and for the fifth time, sculptures from the symposium are also being presented in Hradec Králové. Hořice is renowned for its quality sandstone, which has been mined in nearly 150 quarries in the area since the second half of the 19th century. A sculptural and stone masonry school has also been operating in the city since 1884.