Kutná Hora

One of the towns, which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is Kutná Hora with its historic centre. It was added to the list in 1995. We can find the town in Central Bohemia.

This place is very interesting because of the very high number of preserved sights, it was claimed a town protected area, and it belongs to the architectural gems of the Czech Republic. What can a visitor see in this town?

The Cathedral of St Barbora

The construction of the Cathedral of St Barbora was started in 1388 and the main designer was the architect Jan Parléř. The building is interesting, apart from other things, because its construction took several centuries. The money for the construction was depended on the profit of silver mines in Kutná Hora. In the Hussite period, the construction was stopped due to the wars.

After 300-hundred-year break, the construction was finished and got today shape in 1905. It took more than 500 years from the beginning till the end of the construction. There were several planners, e.g. Jan Parléř, then Matyáš Rejsek, Benedikt Rejt, Josef Mocker and then Ludvík Lábler.

The Valachian courtyards

Another fine building in Kutná Hora is the Valachian courtyards. You can find a town hall there today, but in the 13th century it was a Gothic castle. It was partly damaged in the 17th century and only a part of it was reconstructed. In the 19th century it was reconstructed in the pseudo-Gothic style.

There is no doubt that Kutná Hora is a town which is rich in historic buildings and sights. Among other sights we can mention the Convent of Vorsila’s sisters, the Church of St Jacob, the Gothic Stony House, the plague column or the graveyard chapel with a charnel-house. The designer of the chapel is J.B. Santini. The charnel-house was probably made by František Rint.