Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Hranice · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

The painter-alchemist

Jan Červenka, a painter from Hranice, lived here. He is known to have written in 1578 a work entitled Czech Alchemy Completed and Copied by J. C., and Now Copied Again in 1680, which is held in the National Museum.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Hranice
Municipality / starting point
Hranice
District / region
Přerov
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
25 km NE of Přerova
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 125

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