Princess Libuše supposedly ordered Mydlovar castle built. Lush herb growth marks the remains of her garden. Nearby, at today's Rozkoš, was her bath, and she had a sacrificial site on Lysá hora. Two mighty oaks still stood at Mydlovar in the previous century. Every Palm Sunday girls from all around gathered beneath them for the snowdrop festival, adorned with flowers, choosing a queen and dancing. Václav Krolmus recorded this in the middle of the previous century.
Location and map
- Place
- Kostomlaty Nad Labem
- Municipality / starting point
- Kostomlaty Nad Labem
- District / region
- Nymburk
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 5 km W of Nymburka
Princess Libuše supposedly ordered Mydlovar castle built. Lush herb growth marks the remains of her garden. Nearby, at today's Rozkoš, was her bath, and she had a sacrificial site on Lysá hora. Two mighty oaks still stood at Mydlovar in the previous century. Every Palm Sunday girls from all around gathered beneath them for the snowdrop festival, adorned…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 175
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.