The Secrets of
Kutná Hora

Where Silver Built Cathedrals and Death Became Art

In the 13th century, a monk found silver ore in a Bohemian hillside and the world changed. Within decades, Kutná Hora became the second wealthiest city in the Kingdom of Bohemia, its mines producing one-third of Europe\u2019s silver. Kings built their mint here. Italian coin-masters struck the legendary Prague Groschen\u2014the euro of its age. Gothic cathedrals rose on silver profits, and when the plague came, the bones of 40,000 dead were stacked into chandeliers.

This is a city where wealth, faith, and death are woven into every stone. Walk its medieval streets and you\u2019ll find a UNESCO World Heritage town frozen between glory and decay\u2014still haunted by the silver that made it, and the bones that remain.