The local church has a bell bearing one of the oldest known Czech inscriptions, dated 1386. It is said that the lord of Smečno Château ordered it from the hermit bell-founder Petr. The lady of Smečno came with her son to watch him work and, despite warnings, approached the casting ladle. Overcome by the fumes, she fell with her son into the molten bell metal.
Location and map
- Place
- Přelíc
- Municipality / starting point
- Přelíc
- District / region
- Kladno
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 4 km SW of Slaného
The local church has a bell bearing one of the oldest known Czech inscriptions, dated 1386. It is said that the lord of Smečno Château ordered it from the hermit bell-founder Petr. The lady of Smečno came with her son to watch him work and, despite warnings, approached the casting ladle. Overcome by the fumes, she fell with her son into the molten bell metal.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 288
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.