On today’s Žižkovo Square, about four metres from the fountain towards the U zvonu Hotel, lies a stone supposedly endowed with miraculous power. Anyone who unknowingly steps over it at nine in the evening cannot find their way home. It is called the Wandering Stone and was set here to commemorate the execution of conspirators accused of murder.
Location and map
- Place
- České Budějovice
- Municipality / starting point
- České Budějovice
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 148 km S of Prahy
On today’s Žižkovo Square, about four metres from the fountain towards the U zvonu Hotel, lies a stone supposedly endowed with miraculous power. Anyone who unknowingly steps over it at nine in the evening cannot find their way home. It is called the Wandering Stone and was set here to commemorate the execution of conspirators accused of murder.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 89
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.