Kutna Hora is a mid-evil town founded in 1142 AD by Cistercian Monks. It became a thriving metropolis due to the mining of silver, and rivaled Prague for the capital of Bohemia.
Kutna Hora saw the Hussite Wars, a ten year war between the monarch backed Catholic church and followers of a reformist named Jan Hus.
Kutna Hora has the Sedlec Ossuary or bone church, the Church of St, Barbara and the Church of the Assumption of our Lady and Saint John the Baptist.
The Church of Saint Barbara is named for the patron saint of mining, Barbara. According to legend, she converted to Christianity so her father locked her in a tower. When she would not denounce her faith her had her killed.
Assumption of our Lady and Saint John the Baptist was first built in the Gothic style in 1300 AD. The church was burned during the Hussite War and was in ruins until the 1708 when it was rebuilt in the Gothic Baroque style.
Church of St. Barbara
Stained glass in the Church of St.
Barbara.
Church of St. Barbara
Wall depicting the making of silver coins. Political
prisoners had to be the ones to hold the silver coin
in place while a silversmith stamped the official
seal on it. Legend says if a prisoner went a whole
month without getting his or her finger smashed they
would be pardoned.
The Italian Court is where the money
was minted.
St, Barbara Street along Jesuit College
Assumption of our Lady and Saint John the Baptist
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