22 Czech Legends
Alena Ježková

22 Czech Legends relates such tales as the founding of the now-famous spa town Karlovy Vary by Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, the dividing of the estates of the Lords of the Rose in ?eský Krumlov or the antics of the devils said to dwell in the cliffs not far from the Gothic castle of Karlštejn. Learn how the once-prosperous medieval town of Kutná Hora discovered the silver that brought it great wealth, where the haunted chamber lies in the chateau of Litomyšl or what type of porridge the White Lady cooked for the poor of Jind?ich?v Hradec. Discover for whom the young King Charles IV had the nightingales released into the woods below the castle of K?ivoklát, or read what tales are still told of the white horse of Lord Petr Vok in T?ebo?. Find out who created the famed art collection now to be seen in the castle of Konopišt? and why, or what tragedy lies behind the name of “Execution Meadow” for the field below the castle of Hluboká.