On a hill southeast of the town stands the religious complex of Svatá Hora, a celebrated pilgrimage site and one of the most extensive and valuable works of early Bohemian Baroque. Its statuette of the Virgin Mary, supposedly carved by Prague Archbishop Arnošt of Pardubice, was said to have miraculous powers. It also warned of great impending danger: the crack on its left cheek, normally as fine as a hair, would visibly widen.
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- Place
- Příbram
- Municipality / starting point
- Příbram
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 59 km SW of Prahy
On a hill southeast of the town stands the religious complex of Svatá Hora, a celebrated pilgrimage site and one of the most extensive and valuable works of early Bohemian Baroque. Its statuette of the Virgin Mary, supposedly carved by Prague Archbishop Arnošt of Pardubice, was said to have miraculous powers. It also warned of great impending danger: the…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 290
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.