Kutná Hora is a small town in Central Bohemia, located 60 km east of Prague. It was founded in the 13th century and in the Middle Ages it was one of the largest centers for silver mining in Europe. It was thanks to this that the city acquired the privileges of the royal city and was the second richest in the Czech Kingdom after Prague
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How to get to Kutná Hora
From Prague you can by train, bus or car.
Trains leave about once an hour (train schedule), travel time - 1 hour - 1 hour 10 minutes. In Kutná Hora, two railway stations - Kutna Hora main (Kutná Hora hlavní nádraží) and Kutna Hora city (Kutná Hora město). The latter is located closest to the historic center of the city, from the station Kutna Gora main to the center 3 km.
To get there by bus is also not a problem, during the day a lot of them leave from Prague (bus timetable). Travel time - 1 hour - 1 hour 40 min. The ticket price of 58 CZK.
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A bit of history Today Kutna Hora is "town", but due to the extremely unconventional monument in the form of a complete bone church, tourists here more than in any other UNESCO monument . His story is that: in the 13th century, the local abbot returned from a pilgrimage from Jerusalem with a handful of Holy Land, which he scattered over the local cemetery . This fact allowed the place of rest of the townspeople to get status sacred . And soon the cemetery, becoming popular , Grew to unprecedented dimensions . Repose here was equivalent to the fact that the deceased directly goes to heaven ... Europe then was struck by the plague, the cemetery workers were forced to bury the dead "instead of the" old - ancient by shifting the bones in the tomb (called ossuary) and disposal in the vacated places of new dead bodies . As a result of such manipulations, the places in the cemetery were resold six times, "collecting" the remains of 40,000 people .
Bones demanded more honorable position, but opportunities for this was not enough. Therefore, a certain monk at the beginning of the 16th century carefully washed and bleached every bone, combining the pyramid, with halls, naves and courses, from the formed "material". The resulting prototype of one of the church is not destroyed, however, in view of the dubious morality of what is happening, not knowing what to do, four centuries to the "church" access was closed.
In the 18th century the owner of the cemetery land, Prince Schwarzenberg ordered to clean up the resulting interior items , for which he took the local master Rint . Managing the bones, skulls and all parts of human skeletons, Rint built the coat of arms of the prince, the chandelier, the walls, niches, pillars, vaults, shelves, and much more. . The newly formed church, to contemplate which and come to Kutnu-Gora tourists from all over the world, causes ambiguous feelings . Where to put the remains of people if there is no place in the cemetery? Why not build a spiritual, sacral building, now even more reminiscent of the frailty of being .
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Entertainment, sightseeing and sightseeing Kutná Hora
The town is interesting with numerous monuments of Gothic architecture, and its historical center is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
One of the main attractions of Kutna Hora is the chapel of All Saints with a cemetery at the cemetery or "Barn". The chapel is located on the outskirts of the town, in the town of Sedlec. Its interior is both intimidating and fascinating at the same time made of human bones (according to some estimates, about 40,000 bones were used).
- Opening Hours:
- November-February: 9.00 - 16.00
- April-September: 8.00 - 18.00
- October - March: 9.00 - 17.00.
- closed on December 24 and 25.
- Admission:
- adults: 50 CZK
- students: 30 CZK.
Separate attention deserves the majestic St. Varvara, built in the late 14th century. It is the second largest and most important Gothic temple in the Czech Republic.
- Opening hours of the cathedral:
- October - April: 10.00 - 16.00
- May - September: 9.00 - 17.30 (on Mondays: 10.00 - 16.00)
- Admission tickets:
- adults - 50 CZK
- children and students - 30 CZK
- Opening hours (from November to March the museum is closed):
- April, October: 9.00 - 17.00
- May, June, September: 9.00 - 18.00
- July, August: 10.00 - 18.00
- day off - Monday.
- Entrance fees:
- Tour I - The Silver Town: adults - 60 CZK, children - 30 CZK
- Tour II - The Silver Path: adults - 110 CZK, children - 70 CZK
- Tours I + II: adults - 130 CZK, children - 80 CZK.
Children are allowed in a mine from the age of 7, accompanied by parents, or from the age of 10. as part of a group.
Other attractions: St. James's church, a Jesuit college of the 17th century, Vlachsky courtyard (former Mint ), the baroque plague pillar, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Virgin Mary, the Church of the Holy Trinity in the cemetery, the Church of All Saints, the Ursuline convent, the Church of the Mother of God, Yana Nepomuk, a stone fountain, a stone house and a monument to St. Wenceslas. Photo Kutná Hora (23)