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Landmark Attractions In Broumov

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Broumov is a town in the Czech Republic, in the Náchod District of the Hradec Králové Region, near the border with Poland.
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  • 1. The Broumov Monastery Broumov
    The Codex Gigas is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at 92 cm long. It is also known as the Devil's Bible because of a very unusual full-page portrait of the devil, and the legend surrounding its creation. It was created in the early 13th century in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia . It contains the complete Vulgate Bible as well as other popular works, all written in Latin. Between the Old and New Testaments are a selection of other popular medieval reference works: Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews and De bello iudaico, Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia Etymologiae, the chronicle of Cosmas of Prague, and medical works; these are an early version of the Ars medicinae compilation of treatises, and two books by Constantine the African.Eventu...
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