Kutna Hora Off The Beaten Path

Although 'kasna'means fountain this remarkably decorative thing is actually a cover for what was the town 'reservoir'...Kutna Hora traditionally had problems with accessing water supplies.

It dates way back to 1495, and is worth seeking out for that fact alone.

It stands on Rejskovo Namesti, not far from the plague column.

This is the town plague column, erected as a memoria to the victims of the plague in 1713.

Until I started travelling I had not realised that the plague travelled so far, or roccurred so often.

I've seen plague columns in many European countries. I can quite understand why the inhabitants of a town felt the need to erect such a colum to give thanks for their escape.

The column in Kutna Hora is covered with figures of miners, and topped with a sculpture of the Virgin Mary. It was created by one Frantisek Baugut, a Jesuit.

To be found at the lower end of Sultyskovo.

Prague is about 70 km from Kutna Hora. City is capital of Czech Republic with a population of about 1,2 millions people. It is definitely the main tourist destination in Czech Republic and surely need a visit for at least a few days. Prague historic centre consist of six different parts – Old Town, Juzefov, Mala Strana, Visegrad, Hadcany, New Town.

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Okay if you like a quick walk it's about 3kms away or about 60 Crowns in a taxi.. This place is great a real treat for the tourist amongst us.. The ghoulish display of bones are the work of a woodcarver called Frank Rint who began this macabre display of art in 1870. The cover charge plus the extra photo charge come to 150 Crowns..

You will find tips like this on a lot of my pages as I enjoy gardening (it is one of those things you don?t have to be good at to enjoy). One of the benefits of walking, particularly in residential areas is that you have a chance to see what kind of care people take of their home and whatever area or garden surrounds it. This person is my kind of gardener. Nothing elaborate or fancy but some really beautiful seasonal blooms. I saw this in September which is the peak of the season for dahlias like these lovely ones. I would wager that you would see other things blooming in their season all spring and summer as well. This is just a house we passed as we walked from the train station into the city.

In the Ossuary of Sedlec, we can see some beautiful decorations by human bones !
Chandeliers, chalice, coat of arms, pinnacles etc.
Quiet nice to look actually, considering we are looking at (old) human bones, nothing scary about it.
My mind was thinking whom the bones belong to & I wonder those dead people gave their consents for their 'belongings' to be treated like this !
You can see more of the photos from Ossuary of Sedlec at my: Sedlec Page.On the left is a chandelier made by human bones, what do you think ?.

Seeing the Ossuary of Sedlec is a must !Depends on the season/months or the times that you go in to see, the place could be filled with people !
The ossuary is opened :
8 am to 6 pm
April to September;
Admission costs 30 Kn, plus an additional 30 Kn if you want to take a camera or a camcorder inside to capture the human bones !MY SEDLEC PAGE...

This could almost be the highlight of coming to Kutna Hora/Sedlec.
Sedlec is in the suburb of Kutna Hora, it's NOT in Kutna Hora itself, not many people would want to point this out.
3.5 km away from Kutna Hora; you can either walking between the 2 places or taking the buses.
OSSUARY means :
A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.The Ossuary of Sedlec situated in the basement of the 14th century Chapel/Church of All Saints.
In 1870, a Czech woodcarver named Frantisek Rint turned the human bones into the ghoulish artistic attractions that we can see today..MY SEDLEC PAGE...