Fragments from the Karlovy Vary Region - Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Svatobor, Goblin rocks and Šemnická Rock
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Abbaye Notre-Dame de Beauport - Abbey of Beauport - ruins of a former Premonstratensian monastery in the village of Paimpol, part of Kerita, in the department of Côtes-d’Armor in Brittany
The remains of Pravda Castle are on a hill above the village of Pnetluky in the Usti nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The name Pravda literally means "the truth"
The Mine Měděnec The locality of Měděnec was known as the ore deposit in the first half of the 15th century. The mining village of Měděnec was founded in 1520. The name of the village derives from the original German name Kupferberg (Copper Mountain), which the settlement received according to […]
Dolmens Mané-Kerioned or House of the Dwarfs GPS: 47°36’54.757″N, 3°5’10.574″W PHOTOGALLERY: Dolmens Mané-Kerioned The three dolmens of Mané-Kerioned – also known as House of the Dwarfs – are located near Carnac, near road 768 between Auray and Plouharnel. It is a system of three corridors and probably burial chambers surrounded by […]
Dolmen La Roche-aux-Fées – The Fairies’ Rock GPS: 47.9365225N, 1.4048108W www.mapy.cz PHOTOGALLERY: Dolmen La Roche-aux-Fées La Roche-aux-Fées (English: The Fairies’ Rock) is a Neolithic passage grave – dolmen – located in the commune of Essé, in the French department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Its name comes from a legend that […]
Fragments from Poland more: https://www.siloto.cz/photogallery/index.php?/category/poland Międzynarodowe Laboratorium Kultury – International Laboratory of Culture – former sanatorium Grunwald, Sokołowsko, district Wałbrzych, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Basilica of the Visitation (Polish:Sanktuarium Wambierzyckiej Królowej Rodzin) – a Baroque basilica minor located in Wambierzyce. The basilica was built between 1715 and 1723. The […]
The former mine and military prison camp Rolava (Sauersack) GPS: 50°23’53.947″N, 12°37’50.389″E Rolava (originally by German Sauersack) is a defunct village in the Ore Mountains, which was located approximately 1.5 km north of Přebuz village in the district of Sokolov in the Karlovy Vary Region. The settlement was probably founded in […]
Chotýšany Castle Chotýšany village, district Benešov, Central Bohemian Region GPS: 49°44’39.529″N, 14°48’57.607″E Castle in Chotysany village comes from the first half of the 18th century. Since 1958 is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic, but now it is in disrepair. SILOTO PHOTO GALLERY – Zámek Chotýšany – Chotýšany […]
The Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Skoky is one of the most famous Marian pilgrimage sites in the Czech lands, which in the past attracted thousands of pilgrims from far and wide every year with its miraculous healings.
Augustinian Monastery in Pivoň GPS: 49°29’12.042″N, 12°44’15.085″E Pivoň, Mnichov, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic Augustinian Monastery from 14th century – burned in 1421 by the Hussites in the 17th century and plundered by the Swedes. In 1785 the monastery was under the orders of Joseph II. Canceled and sold to L. […]
Chotěšov Abbey Chotěšov, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic GPS: 49°39’11.726″N, 13°11’54.945″E Chotěšov Abbey is a former Premonstratensian nunnery in Chotěšov, about 18 kilometres southwest of Pilsen in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. The abbey was founded between 1202 and 1210 by the Blessed Hroznata, whose sister Vyslava was first abbess, and settled by nuns from Doksany Abbey. The […]