Several eighteenth-century Baroque statues stand in the village and its surroundings. The ghost of a black dog appears beside the statue of St Julian in the nearby forest. Václav Krolmus believed that legends of this kind pointed to sites of ancient pagan worship, or possibly to its survival.
Location and map
- Place
- Tuchoměřice
- Municipality / starting point
- Tuchoměřice
- District / region
- Praha-západ
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 10 km NW of Prahy
Several eighteenth-century Baroque statues stand in the village and its surroundings. The ghost of a black dog appears beside the statue of St Julian in the nearby forest. Václav Krolmus believed that legends of this kind pointed to sites of ancient pagan worship, or possibly to its survival.
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 349
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.