Beneath one of the rocks on the hill lies the treasure of the Benedictines from Police nad Metují monastery. After 1639 they carried it here with the help of local farmers and buried it to hide it from the Swedes. A plan showing how to find the treasure is said still to be carved on a nearby rock.
Location and map
- Place
- Machov
- Municipality / starting point
- Machov
- District / region
- Náchod
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 5 km SE of Police nad Metují
Beneath one of the rocks on the hill lies the treasure of the Benedictines from Police nad Metují monastery. After 1639 they carried it here with the help of local farmers and buried it to hide it from the Swedes. A plan showing how to find the treasure is said still to be carved on a nearby rock.
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 215
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.