Opat Kutna Hora

Husova 138 Kutna Hora, Bohemia, 284 01, Czech Republic

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Day 9 - Kutna Hora and the bone church

A travel blog entry by malinda.egg

... and at the very top of the tower a man with a trumpet played at tune. Apparently this man does this every hour during the day! A few minutes later and noone else for the tour, so we headed off on our 16 seater mini bus which seemed quite large with all the space we had! Along the way the lady spoke of the history around Prague town and soon after we were heading down out of town towards Kutna Hora. After staring out of the window for some time I saw ...

Sedlec Ossuary

A travel blog entry by graybeard

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... Death in the 14th century and the Hussite Wars in the 15th century thousands of people were buried here. Around 1400 somebody decided the cemetary was a really good place to build a Gothic church and thousands of skeletons were exhumed in the process. More skeletons were exhumed over the years and in 1511 the task of organizing the collection of bones was given to a half-blind monk.

New construction was done on the church in the 1700's ...

Oh the Hora!

A travel blog entry by abergsma

... track once and guessed... so maybe that doesn't count (while we are having fun counting steps, there are 73 from the ground floor of my hostel to my room, 88 if I start in the basement where the computers and kitchen is). Again I took pictures from somewhere high, but I soon came down as it's enclosed and the breeze isn't great up there. Then I walked for a bit through the trees, it was so nice and peaceful being all alone without the crowds. Then I sat. Yes I ...

Communism, Burglary, and Skeleton Decor

A travel blog entry by audreytravels

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... had told us about the day before with thousands and thousands of human bones. You can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Oss uary
We drove here and paid a very little amount to enter the Ossuary. The place is literally filled with human bones. Some are in huge stacks and some are arranged in decorations like chandeliers and vases. It was definitely creepy and definitely not like any place I had ...

Not Four Years but a Lifetime

A travel blog entry by pandasphere

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... here and it soon became a prolific and rich silver mining town, and was apparently quite well known around Central Europe. At one point, both the Czech mint and seat of government were in Kutna Hora, before the silver mine dried up and all the money disappeared. Anyway, there was quite a bit to see here. First, we saw a Jesuit cathedral. It was mostly pretty typical for the time period, although was shockingly asymmetric in that ...

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