Kutná Hora and Sedlec Ossuary (UNESCO)
A visit to the medieval silver mining
town of Kutná Hora is a nice day trip from Prague. In as
little as an hour, you can get out of the city and enjoy
the picturesque beauty of this small Czech town with a
big past. In the 13th century, silver was discovered here,
and the royal
mint was established a few decades later. The town became famous for
producing the Prague Groschen coins, which were also used
elsewhere in Europe at the time, and became the second
most important town in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Some of
the town's important sights are the Gothic Cathedral
of Saint Barbora, the Wallachian Court (the former
royal mint), and the Sedlec Ossuary, which is a church decorated
with thousands of human bones.
We write about Kutná Hora in detail, and about visiting the town on your own, on our Kutná hora pages.
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