{"id":5272,"date":"2021-11-05T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T09:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/?p=5272"},"modified":"2021-11-05T10:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T09:08:34","slug":"kutna-hora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/?p=5272","title":{"rendered":"Kutn\u00e1 Hora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday was our last full day here in Prague which we used to travel to a nearby town called Kutn\u00e1 Hora. It\u2019s just a 1.5 hour drive and we can highly recommend going there if you are in the general area – it\u2019s really worth it. Friends of ours recommended to visit the Sedlec Ossuary, so this was our first stop. Legend has it that someone brought soil from the holy grave in Jerusalem to this cemetery so bodies from all over Europe were brought here. Due to famines, the plague and various wars the number of bones grew to over 40 000 which is why the church started to collect them in the ossuary. According to lore a half-blind monk started piling the bones in pyramids in the 16th century, the current form with a chandelier and a coat of arms made out of bones was created by a wood carver in the 19th century. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos inside, but we took some pictures from the outside so you can get an idea of how it looks inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n