"Kutná Hora is an ancient town with preserved medieval and Baroque houses and dominated by a monumental Gothic structure of St. Barbara Cathedral whose construction began in 1388. Kutná Hora was originally a mining town, silver was mined there and the famous Czech coins (groš) were minted there. In the Middle Ages Kutná Hora used to stand just behind the royal City of Prague and it was called the jewel and the treasury of the country."
On the 4th of September we went to the small silver mining town of Kutná Hora, we had the opportunity to see the world renown Cathedral that is decorated in bones (See pictures below). It was definitely a little eery being surrounded with skeletons from the Baroque era, but I was pretty amazed by how well the bones were preserved.
We also went on a silver mine tour, which was favorite part of the excursion. We went underground and walked through the old silver mines, the paths were carved out of rock and we VERY narrow. In many cases the width of our bodies did not fit on the path. (See below)
Going into the Mines from Bill Vesce on Vimeo.
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| Our get-up |
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| Mike in the Caves |
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| We made it out!!! |
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