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illumina Says: When you buy your entry ticket (40Kc in 2007) to the bone church, you'll probably be offered an extra ticket which allows you to take photos inside. BUY IT. It's only 30Kc (again in 2007), and you'll seriously regret it if you don't.
alancollins Says: A very popular tourist site and somewhat more unusual one, is the Sedlec Ossuary located in a suburb of Kutna Hora. The Chapel is located beneath All Saints Church. In the 13th century, the Abbot of the monastery in Sedlec was sent by the Czech king on a mission to...
ThiagoRamos Says: Every single detail inside the church is made of bones. Check this picture...In spite of it being really weird and of a doubtful taste, the artist Frantisek Rint did an amazing job here!!! Congratulations!!!
Schwarzenberg Family Coat of Arms
ThiagoRamos Says: The Schwarzenberg Family is one of the oldest noble families in Bohemia. Everywhere you go, you hear something about them. Frantisek Rint, the artist of Sedlec´s Kostnice, probably reproduced their Coat of Arms to please them or did it at their own request or something like...
ThiagoRamos Says: The Bone Church is more a chapel than a church as it is rather small. You can perfectly visit it in 15 minutes.As you enter the church, you´ll be given a free brochure that quickly explains what you will see and the history of the place. This brochure must be returned as you...
Jasen71 Says: 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..
Church of Assumption of Our Lady
Jasen71 Says: Sadly the Church of Assumption of Our Lady was closed when I visited, but this seems to be a common thing that churches are closed unless a mass or service is taking place due to vandals and thieves sadly to say. From the outside this is an awesome church with fine gothic...
2 totally "boneless" side-altars
globetrott Says: Believe it or not, there are even 2 side-altars inside the bone-church of Sedlec, simply made the traditional way and without any bones at all.Both of them have lovely paintings and on top of one of them is Saint Nepomuk, as explained in my preceding picture.When you click...
Jasen71 Says: Whilst waiting for the bone church to re-open after lunch. I popped into this shop to but a cup of coffee and a sweet... They sold most things from batteries to postcards.. the chocolate thing in the photo for rather different reasons?
leics Says: Easiest way is by train to Kutna Hora from Prague's Hvladni Nadrazi station.Ticket office staff (it's a very swish ticket office!) speak enough English to organise a return ticket for you (very cheap).Train takes around an hour and, usefully, your ticket will list...
Tours to the Bone-church from Prague / Prag
globetrott Says: Each tourbus-company in Prague offers halfday- or fullday excursions to Kutna Hora & the famous Bone-church in Sedlec. They will cost around 900 Kronen and you will visit mainly the St.Barbara cathedral in Kutna Hora and the bone-church in Sedlec.It is a bit more expensive...
illumina Says: It's pretty easy to get to Sedlec from Prague - just get the train to Kutna Hora main station (hlavní nádraží), and then have a quick look at the tourist info map in the underpass in the station, this will show you where to go. It's probably a ten minute walk. There are...
To the Bone Church from the Train Station
Jasen71 Says: It is about 1km from the Train Station, and is towards the main town of Kutna Hora, as you past a large church to your right.. cross over the road and head up, and you'll find the church of bones ahead of you.. simple.. No need to go into Kutna Hora, and back out again if...
Gylax gallery in Prague: Souvenirs à la bonechurch
globetrott Says: Here is another picture of the shop in Prague, selling souvenirs in the kind of the bone-church in Sedlec. They offer great artificial bones, set into works of art...NOT AT ALL so very special as inside the bone-church in Sedlec of course, but where else may you buy stuff...
Inside the bone-church: Souvenirs at the cashier
globetrott Says: Inside the bone-church, directely at the ticket-office you may get a small collection of postcards and booklets about Kutna Hora, Sedlec and the famous bone-church.These ladies are always busy with a big crowd of people waiting to buy their tickets and somehow I am always...
globetrott Says: This is the gate to the cemetery & the bone-church of Sedlec.Watch out for the funny pattern made into the cobbled stones at the entrance.Be prepared of the fact that many buses go there each day in summer and unload a lot of passengers at the same time at the rather small...
Don't miss this small framed window !
globetrott Says: Just opposite of the ticket-office you may see this small window for announcements to be posted !It seems also to be made in the time 1870 and is also decorated with drawings of spooky bones and skulls......and a candle was placed in front of it in order to make the text...
Places nearby Sedlec : Chrudim
globetrott Says: Chrudim is the birthplace of Josef Ressel ( 1793-1857) - the inventor of the ship-screw.You may see his statue in front of the local museum.I mainly enjoyed the great town-square with the baroque town hall, a museum of Marionettes and lovely door-handles made by sculptures...
Places nearby Sedlec : Hradec Kralove
globetrott Says: Hradec Kralove is the Czech name for "Königgrätz" , where 1866 the Habsburg-family lost the so called "Battle of Königgrätz".The battlefield may be visited outside the town - but the town also looks great inside, with a lovely main square and several big churches .Hradec...
40 Km east of Sedlec : Pardubice / Pardubitz
globetrott Says: Pardubice is a small town, 40 Km east of Sedlec.The townsquare consists only of houses built around 1500 A.D. , only the townhall is a bit younger, from 1894.There is a great castle and an Art Nouveau theatre...It might be the best to get there in the afternoon, when the...
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Watch out for the great wind-flags on top of the bonechurch.2 of them are made like a skull and 2 bones, so you might think of pirates and in the back is a...
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Located 3 km away from Kutna Hora´s city center, Sedlec is famous for its bizarre Bone Church. In the XIII Century, Sedlec´s cemetery had up to 40.000 people buried in it. People believed that the......
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