Trip to Kutná hora...

The town of Kutná Hora owes its origin to the silver mines, the existence of which can be traced back to the first part of the 13th century. The city developed with great rapidity, and at the outbreak of the Hussite Wars, early in the 15th century, was next to Prague the most important in Bohemia, having become the favourite residence of several of the Czech kings.

In 1995 Kutná Hora was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.




Me with one of the locals :o).


If you ever wondered what happens to tourists that misbehave in the Czech republic... here is the answer... ;o).


Supposedly, there are bones of approx. 40 000 people to be found in Kostnice. [The chapel Kostnice was built at the end of the 14th century and its current appearance is the result of Baroque reconstruction carried out by Santini-Aichl in the early 18th century. Unique skeletal decorations of the interior are probably the work of woodcarver František Rint. Remarkable masterpieces include a massive chandelier, a cross, chalices, a monstrance or Schwarzenberg coat-of-arms creating this unique ossuary – a reminder of the transience of human life and the inevitability of death..]


There were also times of great sorrow... Farid has found the body of Turkish soldier (the skull in the right bottom corner).