Triple roof
Three tent-shaped peaks.
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St Barbara's Church is a great Gothic church built in the style of a cathedral in the town of Kutná Hora in Central Bohemia, about 62 km east of Prague in a straight line. It is one of the best-known Gothic churches in Central Europe and part of the Kutná Hora UNESCO World Heritage Site. St Barbara is the patron saint of miners, a fitting choice for a town whose wealth came entirely from its silver mines. Building began in 1388, probably under Johann Parler as the first architect, but work stopped several times and the church was not finished until 1905. The original plan was for a much larger church, perhaps twice the present size, but building followed the fortunes of the silver mines, which declined. Its unusual roof rises in three tent-shaped peaks above a forest of flying buttresses and small pointed stone pinnacles. The church stands on the edge of a hill above the Vrchlice valley, approached by a street lined with statues on one side and the long Jesuit College on the other. The best view of the church is from the terraced gardens below the Jesuit College. Day trips from Prague usually combine the church with the old centre of Kutná Hora and the Sedlec Ossuary.
Three tent-shaped peaks.
A forest of stone.
The best view.
Kutná Hora, Central Bohemian Region, Czechia
Yes, with the old town and the Sedlec Ossuary.
From the gardens below the Jesuit College.
