
Kutná Hora is a town of approximately 20,000 people in the Central Bohemia Region. Thanks to silver mining, it was one of the most important Czech royal towns in the Middle Ages. Today, it is widely visited by tourists, and its significant urban conservation area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The dominant feature of the town and its most visited historical monument is the late Gothic jewel, the Church of St. Barbara, who is invoked as a helper in distress, an intercessor for a good death, and the patroness of all those in dangerous occupations, especially miners.(…)