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Terror of a bald ghost haunting Wig Maker’s Hill
A wildly unlikely ghost tale attempts to explain the odd name of a local park. A hill overlooking Prague’s largest cemetery, Olšanské hřbitovy, has an undeservedly shady reputation but is now home to…
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The Devil’s Column is due to a diabolical bet
Some see a broken stone pillar as evidence that a demon named Zardan visited Prague. The history of Vyšehrad goes back to the very foundation of Prague, and the walled fortress-like area…
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Interactive map shows the ghosts of Prague
More than 100 spirits inhabit the historical parts of the Czech capital, and an interactive map helps to find them. Prague is filled with ghosts, at least according to popular legends. But…
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Prague’s mysterious standing stone is a link to the past
A standing stone called the Petrified Servant has been in place for perhaps thousands of years There is a mysterious reddish-grey standing stone on the outskirts of Prague, and it is far…
