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

A secret passage beneath the town

According to legend an underground passage in Chotěboř led from the former fortified manor at the edge of town, where the château now stands, to the originally Romanesque church of St James the Greater.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Chotěboř
Municipality / starting point
Chotěboř
District / region
Havlíčkův Brod
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
15 km NE of Havlíčkova Brodu

According to legend an underground passage in Chotěboř led from the former fortified manor at the edge of town, where the château now stands, to the originally Romanesque church of St James the Greater.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 132

This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.

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