Historic sites

Sedlec Ossuary and Kutná Hora

Czech Republic Kutná Hora Sedlec

Sedlec Ossuary and Kutná Hora
Photo: al.trcka, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A small chapel decorated with the bones of an estimated 40,000 people, arranged into chandeliers, garlands, and a coat of arms, in the suburb of Sedlec. Kutná Hora, once rich from silver mining, is a UNESCO World Heritage town with the magnificent Gothic Cathedral of St Barbara and the Italian Court, the royal mint.


A combined ticket covers the ossuary and the cathedrals. It's about an hour by train from Prague; get off at Kutná Hora hlavní nádraží, near the ossuary.

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