Beneath historic house no.5 in Vykáň are supposedly spacious cellars and secret passages, one leading to Týnice farm and another beneath the Church of St Gall. A treasure guarded by a golden duck with twelve ducklings supposedly lies in them. During the Napoleonic Wars a soldier billeted here reportedly saw it, but he was hastily ordered away and could not take it.
Location and map
- Place
- Vykáň
- Municipality / starting point
- Vykáň
- District / region
- Nymburk
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 7 km SE of Čelákovic
Beneath historic house no.5 in Vykáň are supposedly spacious cellars and secret passages, one leading to Týnice farm and another beneath the Church of St Gall. A treasure guarded by a golden duck with twelve ducklings supposedly lies in them. During the Napoleonic Wars a soldier billeted here reportedly saw it, but he was hastily ordered away and could not take it.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 374
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.