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Descend into this stunning late Gothic monument decorated entirely with human remains. The bones of more than 40,000 dead create a macabre symbolism that truly chills. Memento mori is not just an empty slogan here.
The ossuary has an interesting history. It was originally the cemetery church of the local monastery. According to legend, Abbot Heidenreich brought a handful of earth from the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and spread it around the cemetery. The cemetery soil thus became part of the Holy Land, and therefore not only from Bohemia but also from neighbouring countries were buried here, and thousands of people found their final resting place here also in times of epidemics.
At the end of the 15th century, the cemetery was closed down and the exhumed bones were placed outside and inside the underground chapel, where a half-blind Sedlec monk piled them into large pyramids.
The brick lookout tower with a restaurant named Havířská bouda stands on the Kaňk hill near Kutná Hora. The place where it is located was widely visited in the past. Since the beginning of the 19th century there was a hut here, later converted into a restaurant.
One of the most important monuments in Kutná Hora in Central Bohemia, Italian Court (Vlašský dvůr), has its home in Kutná Hora.
Get to know the history of the bourgeoisie thanks to the permanent exhibition in the completely reconstructed Gothic Stone House, which is really unique among Gothic buildings.
Descend into this stunning late Gothic monument decorated entirely with human remains. The bones of more than 40,000 dead create a macabre symbolism that truly chills. Memento mori is not just an empty slogan here.
A breath-taking jewel of Gothic architecture, which is rightfully listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore the cathedral dedicated to the patron saint of miners - St. Barbara.