Today we went to Kutna Hora, one of the towns which I did some research last semester for a weekend visit. It was wonderful knowing a little about the town before going, since I could just guide myself around knowing the history behind things. The first stop we went to was the Ossuary, Kostnice, in Czech, which "kost" means bone and "nice" means place. This chapel is decorated in bones, since in the 14th century they emptied graves to make room for dead bodies during the plague; they just pilled up in this Chapel. In 1870 a Czech woodcarver made art out of the piles of bones. In the Chapel, there was a chandelier that was made up of every human bone in the body. Next we break for lunch and found a cheap, but good Chinese Restaurant to eat at. Then we visited the Italian Court, which was built by Wenceslas II to start the Royal Mint, because of the silver mines which once were flourishing in the area. Next we went down Ruthardska, which is said to be haunted by the ghost of a young girl that was locked in the basement and starved to death in the area. We finished off by going to the Cathedral of St Barbara, which is in the midst of Renovations, but is still a very beautiful church. Ahoj!
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Ossuary
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Human Bones in the Ossuary
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Apse of Ossuary
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Me in the Ossuary
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Human Bones in the Ossuary
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Statue in Graveyard outside of Ossuary
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Church of the Ascension of the Virgin
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Statue near entrance to Church of the Ascension of the Virgin
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Pedestrian Alley
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Good Chinese for Lunch
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Plague Column
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Italian Court
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Italian Court
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Italian Court Courtyard
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Spiral Staircase
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Church of St James
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Ruthardska
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View into Valley
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Creepy Gnome Yard Ornament
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Cathedral of St Barbara
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Modern Building Blended in with the Old
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