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Melnik is located at the confluence of the Labe (Elbe), Vlata, and Pruplav
rivers. This is where Vaclav (“Good King” Wenceslas) converted to
Christianity. Charles IV introduced grapes from Burgundy, and wine
production became the major industry.
An ancient tower, part of the original city walls.
Kat and James amongst the vines.
sv Petr and Pavel church has an ossuary ''filled with over 10,000 bones of
medieval plague victims,
fashioned into weird and wonderful shapes by students around a hundred
years ago.'' So says our guidebook,
unfortunately we did not see for ourselves because the old woman who lets
people in was nowhere to be found
on this early morning in the off season.
Inside the church.
James pointed out the Masonic eye in the pyramid.
Entering the castle. This Renaissance era zamek (chateau) is now back in
the hands of its aristocratic owners and
filled with artefacts and paintings returned to the family since 1989. The
Lobokowicz family has turned the facility
into a museum.
The courtyard. We were not allowed to take pictures inside.