Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Ostrý- Hrad · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

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Two robber brothers named Paška and Pole once settled here. The spot on the old road between Lovosice and Bílina where they most often attacked travellers came to be called Paškapole after them. They allegedly accumulated a great treasure at the castle, still hidden somewhere in the ruins.

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Place
Ostrý- Hrad
Municipality / starting point
Ostrý
District / region
Litoměřice
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
2 km SE of Milešova
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 248

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