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

A box for denunciations

The museum holds a wooden statue of a hermit with a skull. People used the skull's openings to deposit pasquinades, the period's term for denunciations.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Jaroměř
Municipality / starting point
Jaroměř
District / region
Náchod
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
16 km NE of Hradce Králové
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 143

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

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