The National Monument on Vítkov is a First Republic functionalist monument, the rough construction of which, no. 1900, was built in Prague on Vítkov Hill in Žižkov in 1929–1933 according to the design of the architect Jan Zázvorka the Elder.
Work on the monument began in 1929 and the rough construction was completed four years later in 1933. There was no ceremonial opening on the 20th anniversary of the republic. The main purpose was to honor the memory of the Czechoslovak legionnaires and the Czechoslovak resistance during the First World War (1914–1918).
It was expanded in 1946–1949. Between 1954–1962, the mausoleum of Klement Gottwald was located here. Now, only the remains of the unknown soldier from the Battle of Zborov and the Dukla operation are stored in the columbarium of the memorial under the statue of Jan Žižka.