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KARLŠTEJN CASTLE
by far the most popular destination in the Czech republic after Prague, this medieval castle, located 18 miles southwest of Prague, was built by Charles IV in the 14th century to safeguard the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire.
KUTNÁ HORA
45 miles east of Prague with the main atrraction St.Barbara`s Cathedral, the trip won` t be completed if you don`t make the trip to KOSTNICE ["bone church"]-all of the decorations in the church were made from human bones which came form the victims of 14th century plague and the 15th century Hussite wars, both events left thousands of dead, who were buried in mass graves
TEREZÍN
30 miles northwest of Prague as a memorial to the dead [unique place in the atrocious history of Nazism], fortress-turned-concentration camp
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