Still staying in Prague we decided to take
a day trip slightly southeast to the town of Kutna Hora.
In the 14th century this was on
of the most important places in Bohemia almost rivaling Prague all owing to
rich deposits of Silver Ore in its rocks.
We took a train from Prague Hlavni Nadrazi
(central station) about 1 ¼ hours later arriving at Kutna Hora.
The first and most important objective being
find the Sedlec Ossuary – the famed bone church.
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| Sedlec Cemetery, home to the famous crypt and ossuary |
This tiny little chapel is decorated with
the bones of around 40,000 people who had been buried over the centuries in the
crypt in the cemetery. The woodcarver given credit for the decorative motifs
really loved his skulls and cross humans! I also managed to set off the alarm
at the bone pyramids sticking my hand in for a nice close up picture – my bad!
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| An anatomist's delight |
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| Giant bone pyramid... and yes i do see the sign saying no hands... well what can I say the security didn't look too high tech |
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| Family crest of bones |
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| Garlands of bones |
From here we followed a tour group via bus
from Sedlec back to the main part of Kutna Hora. We found some great lunch - schnitzel and sausages (surprise, surprise)
with beer before heading to the cathedral of St Barbara. Another gothic monolith,
which actually rivaled St Vitas Cathedral in the heart of Prague Castle.
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| St Barbara's Cathedral |
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| Random Plague pole in Kutna Hora |
A bit of a wait at the train station plus 1
¼ hours later we arrived back in Prague with enough time to hit the shops for
some last minute crystal stuff before making our way back for our last night at
Triocamp.
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