During my business trip to Prague, Czech Republic in Dec 2009, I made a day trip to historic town of Kutna Hora by local train.
A train from Prague to Kutna Hora.
Kutná Hora, inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List since 1995, is a city east of Prague, known for the Gothic St. Barbara’s Church with medieval frescoes, also notable is Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church), a chapel adorned with human skeletons.
Welcome to Kutna Hora! A beautiful Manhole Cover with city’s Coat of Arms.
Bone Church, officially know as the Sedlec Ossuary, a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints, part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. Photos below are from the Sedlec Ossuary.
The Entrance to Sedlec Ossuary, a small Roman Catholic chapel.Four enormous bell-shaped mounds of skulls occupy the corners of the chapel.Schwarzenberg coat-of-arms made with bonesSchwarzenberg coat-of-arms made with bones. František Rint, a woodcarver, was employed by the Schwarzenberg family to put the bone heaps into order.Main Altar of Sedlec Ossuary.Interior of Sedlec Ossuary decorated using human bones.Chapel Interior, garlands of skulls draping the vault.The Chandelier said to incorporate every single bone in the human body at least once.Interior of Sedlec Ossuary decorated using human bones.Interior of Sedlec Ossuary decorated using human bones.
The UNESCO-listed Church of St. Barbara (also called St. Barbara’s Cathedral) is a monumental Gothic church consecrated to St. Barbara, patron saint of miners. Its unique design with a three-tent roof and intricate flying buttresses make it an unmistakable Kutná Hora landmark and the town’s most significant monument. The construction took over 500 years, beginning in 1388 and ending in 1905
St. Barbara’s Cathedral and the Town of Kutna Hora, a UNESCO World Heritage city.the pathway to the St Barbara Church.The St Barbara ChurchThe main altar, a neo-gothic five-wing altarpiece with a relief depicting the Last Supper.A gilded main altar, biblical scene of the Last Supper with Christ is the centerpiece.The pipe organ of St Barbara Church. This beautiful instrument with 4000 pipes is used for concerts and organ music festivals.An Altar, interior of the St Barbara Church.Interior of the St Barbara Church.Interior of the St Barbara Church.
Beautiful Stained glasses of St Barbara Church, very detailed and colorful.The Plague Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate in Kutná Hora, This baroque plague column was built between 1713 and 1715 as a commemoration of the contemporary plague which killed more than a thousand people.The Gothic stone fountain on Rejsek Square was built in 1493. The twelve-sided fountain is unusually large, four meters tall, and originally had a hexagonal roof. It supplied water to Kutná Hora when local water supply was cut off due to silver mining in the area.
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In May 2017, 23 days before I was going to complete 50 years, grabbed an opportunity and took an early retirement.. Picked up a backpack and traveling ever since.. Love to travel around the world, experience different culture, local cuisine & drinks .. and take pictures.. so far been to 108 countries and still counting...
or visit the Prague Castle.
Window on the World 