Devil's Column
Appearance
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Devil's Column (Czech: Čertův sloup) is a formation of three stone columns, located in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic.[1][2]
History and Present
Fot the first time it was mentioned in the book Bellum hussiticum as fragments of one column, standing on the cemetery of the St. John Baptist Decapitation church in Vyšehrad. According to the story of about 1700 one priest made a bet with the devil, that he would celebrate Mass before the devil brings a column from the St. Peter's basilica in Rome. The devil lost and, out of anger, he threw the column from a height to the ground[3]. According to geologists the column is cut of granodiorite and it originates from a central Bohemian quarries in surroundings of Sázava.
References
- ^ "The Devil's Column on Vyšehrad / Certuv sloup na Vyšehrade (Prague)". Waymarking. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ http://www.prague.cz/vysehrad/
- ^ Johann Florian Hammerschmid: Prodromus Gloriae Pragenae etc. Praga 1723, p. 92-94
External links
- Media related to Čertův sloup (Vyšehrad) at Wikimedia Commons