Here is a square. In the middle of the square is a statue of an emperor. There is nothing special here. The greatest significance of the square itself is to record the places where the Czech people have undergone several major changes over the centuries. One of the most famous is the Prague Spring, where people gather in the streets to demand that they get rid of Soviet control. In the end, of course, the Soviet Union used bloody means to suppress the Czech people, and the Prague Spring was declared a failure. Here is the history of the Prague people.