On wooded Vršíček Hill, three kilometres northwest of town, a well-known pilgrimage site surrounded the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, built in 1744. Numerous processions came here on the first Sunday in July.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Rokycany
- Municipality / starting point
- Rokycany
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 16 km E of Plzně
On wooded Vršíček Hill, three kilometres northwest of town, a well-known pilgrimage site surrounded the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, built in 1744. Numerous processions came here on the first Sunday in July.
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 299
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.