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Skeletons at St Martin’s Rotunda

The Romanesque Rotunda of St Martin at Vyšehrad may be the subject of more ghost stories than any other place. Besides the black fiery dog, skeletons are said to assemble themselves here from bones at night. Cold fire appears here too. Nearby, the ghost of a French major used to walk at night and frighten the soldiers of the Vyšehrad garrison.

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The Romanesque Rotunda of St Martin at Vyšehrad may be the subject of more ghost stories than any other place. Besides the black fiery dog, skeletons are said to assemble themselves here from bones at night. Cold fire appears here too. Nearby, the ghost of a French major used to walk at night and frighten the soldiers of the Vyšehrad garrison.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 270

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

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