Hrádek - Tour I - The Town of Silver

Address:

Barborská 28, 284 01 Kutná Hora

Tel.: 327 512 159

Fax: 327 513 813

Reservations: reservations@cms-kh.cz

Open:

April and October 9.00 – 17.00
May, June and September 9.00 – 18.00
July and August 10.00 – 18.00
November: 10.00 - 16.00
Closed on Monday
Tours start every half-hour.

Admission:

Tour I - The Town of Silver

Adults	70,– CZK
Children, students	40,– CZK

Foreign language explanation:

20,- CZK per person

Reservation:

1 group: 50,- CZK

Fee for special tour on request:

1000,- CZK

geology • archeology • development of Kutná Hora • history of Hrádek • life of "silver nobility" • numismatics

Visitors get acquainted with development of Kutná Hora from the beginning into the shape of the second most important town of the kingdom. The ground floor is dedicated to the geology of Kutná Hora ore district and to archaeological relics documenting prehistoric and early medieval settlement of the region before the foundation of Kutná Hora. Another hall is dedicated to rapid beginnings of the town when the silver was discovered here.

The exposition on the first floor introduces Kutná Hora as an imposing royal mining town. It presents development of Hrádek, lifestyle of entrepreneur's "silver" nobility and the role of Kutná Hora in the Czech state. One hall is dedicated to exhaustive overview of Czech mintage struck in Kutná Hora.

Virtual tour
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