Places to see in Kutna Hora

Czech Museum Of Silver – The Small Castle Hrádek

The first written reference of the Hrádek castle dates from 1312, but its history is much older. A major reconstruction of the building was carried out at the beginning of the 15th century, when it was owned by reeve Václav of Donín.

Opening hours:
Daily except Mondays
April and October: 9:00 – 17:00
May, June and September: 9:00 – 18:00
July and August: 10:00 – 18:00
Closed from November to March.
Last entry 90 min before the closing time.
Groups are suggested to book in advance.

Entrance fee:
Tour I – The Silver Town: adults CZK 60
Tour II – The Silver Path: adults CZK 110
Tours I + II: adults CZK 130

Foreign language guide:
CZK 400 per group

Tel: +420 327 512 159
E-mail: info@cms-kh.cz, objednavky@cms-kh.cz

Jesuit College

The monumental Jesuit College was build according to plans by the famous Baroque architect Domenico Orsi just next to St. Barbara’s Cathedral between 1667 and 1703. Orsi designed an F-shaped ground plan to remind of Habsburg kings Ferdinand II and Ferdinand III. The appearance is quite austere, complying to Jesuit principles, only the front façade resembles Italian palaces of the early Baroque period. The middle one of the original three towers had to be removed for static reasons in the mid-19th century. The artificial terrace in front of the College was enclosed by a low wall with 13 sculptures of saints favored by the Jesuits, including St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Franz Xaverius, St. Wenceslas and others. It was designed as a free resemblance of the Charles Bridge in Prague, which linked the seat of the Jesuit order in Prague, Klementinum, with its temple – St. Vitus’s Cathedral in Prague Castle. The statues were created by the Jesuit František Baugut, author of the Plague Column, during the years 1703 – 1716.

Stone House

The most famous burgher structure of Kutná Hora, the Stone House dates back to the pre-Hussite period, traces of which are still to be seen in the cellars.

Opening hours:
Open daily except Monday
April – October: 9:00 – 17:00
November: 10:00 – 16:00
May, June, September: 9:00 – 18:00
July – August: 10:00 – 18:00
Last entry 30 min before the closing time. Larger
groups are suggested to book in advance.

Entrance fee:
Adults: CZK 40
Children, students: CZK 20
Guided tours with foreign speeking guide: CZK 100 per
group.

Tel: +420 327 512 821
E-mail: info@cms-kh.cz

Plague Column

The Baroque jewel of Kutná Hora from the workshop of the Jesuit sculptor František Baugut, the Plague Column was created between 1713 and 1715 as a reaction to plague epidemic that struck Kutná Hora in 1713 and left thousands of victims behind.

Italian Court

The Italian Court was separated from the town by fortified moats to protect the workshops, in which silver was processed and coins were struck. The original building was reconstructed at the turn of the 15th century, allegedly upon the request of King Wenceslas II, and the chapel and the royal palace were added. Reconstruction activities were managed by Matyas Rejsek. From the Baroque period dates only the fountain in the courtyard and a few details. The Italian Court thus remained virtually unchanged until the end of the 18th century, when the mint and the mining office were abolished and the building began to decay. The treasury and the chapel that was redecorated in the Art Nouveau style by František and Marie Urban. Despite all transformations, the Italian Court is one of the most valuable monuments of Kutná Hora. Its neo-Gothic reconstruction is a great example of cultural preservation methods and techniques a hundred years ago.

Opening hours:
Open daily
November – February: 10:00 – 16:00
March – October: 10:00 – 17:00
April – September: 9:00 – 18:00
Last entry 30 min before the closing time. Larger
groups are suggested to book in advance.

Entrance fee:
Adults, seniors: CZK 80
Children, students: CZK 50

Tel: +420 327 512 873
E-mail: guide@mu.kutna­hora.cz

Chapel Of Corpus Christi

The inconspicuous structure next to St. Barbara’s Cathedral remembers the time just before the start of construction. At that time, the Brotherhood of Corpus Christi established a cemetery chapel with an ossuary inspired by the famous ossuary in Sedlec. The small cliff above the valley of the Vrchlice River became the foundation for this high Gothic chapel with a magnificent hall. The chapel remained in the original shape until the arrival of the Jesuits who, in connection to the construction of the Jesuit College, initiated a series of reconstructions resulting in a new entrance with a Baroque portal. Upon the abolishment of the Jesuit order in the late 18th century, the Chapel of Corpus Christi was transformed to serve as an organ workshop and soon began to decay. In 1997 – 2000, the entire structure was subject to major reconstruction and nowadays it is accessible for public and used for small cultural events.

Opening hours:
Open daily
November – February: 10:00 – 16:00
March – October: 10:00 – 17:00
April – September: 9:00 – 18:00

Entrance fee:
Adults: CZK 20
Students and seniors: CZK 10

Tel: +420 327 515 796 – 7
E-mail: guide@kh.cz

Ossuary in Sedlec

Ossuary (Kostnice in czech) can be find in Sedlec. Kostnice is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary itself contains approximately 40,000 human skeletons which have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. During the Black Death in the mid of the 14th century, and after the Hussite Wars in the early 15th century, many thousands of people were buried there. Shortly afterwards, the cemetery was greatly enlarged.