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SpotlightKutná Hora's Italian Courtyard and silver-mining history
Without question the town of Kutná Hora in central Bohemia is a must-see
destination for anyone visiting the Czech Republic, a town with a long and
fascinating history. In the 13th and 14th centuries the site became
increasingly famous for silver deposits which drew miners and production
that would eventually account for as much as a third of all the silver
production in Europe. More
Current AffairsAmidst corruption scandal, high-ranking police officials vow to clean-up force
Czech police’s organized crime squad has uncovered a case of widespread
police corruption, arresting six suspects, four of them from within the
ranks of police. One current and three former police officers from Brno’s
economic crimes unit are believed to have covered up major cases of
economic crime in return for large sums of money for years. An ongoing
investigation suggests the network is much larger and its criminal
activities may have gone far beyond that. More
Czech HistoryBrno Ossuary still has mysteries to yield
Ossuaries, grim collections of mostly medieval bones, are to be found all
over Europe, with one of the most striking examples anywhere being the
infamous Sedlec Ossuary in Kutná Hora, sometimes called one of the
spookiest places in the world. Only ten years ago though, archaeologists
working under the streets of Brno discovered a crypt that would earn a new
claim to fame; the largest collection of human bones in the country and the
second largest in Europe after the Paris Catacombs.
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