What is special about its chandelier?

It contains every bone of the human body

Why was the cemetery so popular for burials?

Soil from Golgotha was said to be sprinkled there

Kutná Hora Quiz: Silver Mines and the Sedlec Bone Church

This Kutná Hora quiz visits the Bohemian town that once rivaled Prague thanks to silver. Play 10 interactive questions on the medieval silver boom, the Prague groschen minted at the Italian Court, St Barbara's Church for miners, the Sedlec Ossuary, its bone chandelier, František Rint, the Golgotha soil legend, mine tunnels and UNESCO status.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country is Kutná Hora in?
Metal
Which metal made Kutná Hora rich?
Coin
Which famous coin was minted there from 1300?
Mint
What was the mint building called?
Church
Which saint's church honors the miners?
Ossuary
What decorates the Sedlec Ossuary?
Chandelier
What is special about its chandelier?
Artist
Who arranged the bones in 1870?
Legend
Why was the cemetery so popular for burials?
UNESCO
When did Kutná Hora become a UNESCO site?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country is Kutná Hora in?
Answer: Czechia
It is east of Prague.
Q2: Which metal made Kutná Hora rich?
Answer: Silver
Mines boomed in the Middle Ages.
Q3: Which famous coin was minted there from 1300?
Answer: The Prague groschen
It circulated widely in Europe.
Q4: What was the mint building called?
Answer: The Italian Court
Italian experts helped set it up.
Q5: Which saint's church honors the miners?
Answer: St Barbara
She is the patron of miners.
Q6: What decorates the Sedlec Ossuary?
Answer: Human bones
Bones of tens of thousands are arranged inside.
Q7: What is special about its chandelier?
Answer: It contains every bone of the human body
It hangs in the chapel's center.
Q8: Who arranged the bones in 1870?
Answer: František Rint
He was a woodcarver.
Q9: Why was the cemetery so popular for burials?
Answer: Soil from Golgotha was said to be sprinkled there
An abbot brought soil from Jerusalem.
Q10: When did Kutná Hora become a UNESCO site?
Answer: 1995
St Barbara's Church is included.

Silver Mines, Groschen Coins and a Bone Chapel

Kutná Hora, east of Prague in Bohemia, grew rich in the Middle Ages from silver mines. From 1300 the Prague groschen, a silver coin used across central Europe, was minted at the Italian Court, named after Italian experts who helped set up the mint. For a time the town rivaled Prague in wealth.

Miners funded St Barbara's Church, a soaring Gothic church honoring their patron saint. Visitors can also walk through narrow medieval mine tunnels beneath the town. Kutná Hora's historic center and its churches became a UNESCO site in 1995.

In the suburb of Sedlec, legend says an abbot sprinkled soil from Golgotha over the cemetery, making it a sought-after burial place. Bones of tens of thousands of people ended up in the ossuary, and in 1870 woodcarver František Rint arranged them into decorations, including a chandelier containing every bone of the human body.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans will enjoy these questions.

What made the town rich
Which coins were minted there
Which churches stand there
What the ossuary holds
Which legends surround it

Did You Know?

A coat of arms made of bones appears in the ossuary.
Silver mining declined by the 1600s.
Kutná Hora is an easy day trip from Prague.
Medieval miners wore white hooded robes.
The Hrádek museum explains mining history.