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The Best Attractions In Jicin

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  • 1. Kost Castle Jicin
    Kost Castle is located in the Jičín District of the Czech Republic. Kost Castle lies in Northern Bohemia, specifically the region Bohemian Paradise and is privately owned by Kinský dal Borgo noble family It was first proposed by Beneš von Wartenberg in 1349 as a possible construction site and was completed by his son Peter von Wartenberg. It retains most of the original features and is overall very well preserved and maintained. The castle is known for its so-called White tower . In about 1414 the family of Zajíc von Hasenburg moved there; later the family of Schellenberg , Lobkowicz and others; in this time some more buildings were built near the castle and joined to it. Unlike most other castles in Bohemia, it does not lie on a hill, but on a spit between two brooks. Another peculia...
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  • 2. Prachov Rocks Jicin
    The Prachov Rocks are a rock formation in the Czech Republic approximately 5 kilometres west of Jičín. Since 1933, they have been a protected natural reserve. The formations are made of sandstone, originally in the form of a plateau. Since its formation over 60 million years ago, the rock has been eroded by wind and rain into the unique forms found at the site. Several of the individual rock towers have inspired names due to their appearance, such as the Leaning Tower, Devil's Kitchen, the Monk, the Elephant, and the Eagle.
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  • 5. Terezin Memorial Terezin
    Terezín is a former military fortress composed of citadel and adjacent walled garrison town of Litoměřice District, in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.
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  • 6. Ossuary / The Cemetery Church Kutna Hora
    The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints , part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. The ossuary is among the most visited tourist attractions of the Czech Republic - attracting over 200,000 visitors annually.Four enormous bell-shaped mounds occupy the corners of the chapel. An enormous chandelier of bones, which contains at least one of every bone in the human body, hangs from the center of the nave with garlands of skulls draping the vault. Other works include piers and monstrances fl...
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  • 7. Cathedral of St. Barbara Kutna Hora
    Kutná Hora is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
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