The Jan Hus Memorial stands at one end of Old Town Square, Prague in the Czech Republic. The huge monument depicts victorious Hussite warriors and Protestants who were forced into exile 200 years after Hus, and a young mother who symbolises national rebirth. The monument was so large that the sculptor designed and built his own villa and studio where the work could be carried out. It was unveiled in 1915 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Jan Hus' martyrdom. The memorial was designed by Ladislav Šaloun and paid for solely by public donations. Born in 1369, Hus became an influential religious thinker, philosopher, and reformer in Prague. From within the Orthodox Greek Church, Cyril and Methodius ("Apostles of the Slavs") had created a Slavic-language Bible and began Church services in the Czech language in 863 at the request of Greater Moravia's ruler. Religion in the "language of the people" became a Bohemian tradition. The Archdiocese of Moravia was created in 867, independent of the German and Roman church hierarchy. Slavic independence became a target for attack.