PRIVAT 11
KUTNÁ HORA (UNESCO) - PRIVATE

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The origin of Kutná Hora is linked with the development of monetary economy in the 13th century, however, the first beginnings of mining started much earlier. The silver reefs were probably discovered here at the end of 10th century by Slavniks. The turning point in the Kutna Hora´s history was the year 1300 when the king Wenceslas II. (1278-1305) granted the mining code to the settlements and a number of privileges and charters which elevated Kutna Hora into the second most important town after Prague.

Among the landmarks of Kutná Hora we can find without any doubts St. Barbara´s Cathedral dating to the 14th century, St. Jacob´s Church dating to the same period and the Italian Court, since the 14th century the central minting court of the state.

Sedlec´s ossuaryhas an interesting history as well. Originally it was a cemetery church of the local cistercian monastery. In 1278 the cemetery obtained thanks to the abbot of the local monastery the reputation of the Holy Land. Not only the people from the neighbourhood but also from abroad were buried here since then. The most burials took place approximately 1318 when the plague broke out. According to estimates, in Sedlec´s ossuary there are reminders of about 40.000 people.

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