landmark
Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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Pardubice
Pardubice Region, Czechia · Europe
About Pardubice
Pardubice sits on the route: 10 minutes from Rybitví, 36km from Sedlec Ossuary.
Pardubice is in Pardubice Region, Czechia, with about 89,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rybitví, about 6 km away.
Pardubice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpardubɪtsɛ] ; German: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and is located at the confluence of the Elbe and Chrudimka rivers.
Pardubice is known as a centre of industry, with dominant industriesRead more
being the chemical industry, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. The city is also well known for its sporting events, which include the Velká pardubická (a cross-country steeplechase), the Golden Helmet of Pardubice in motorcycle racing, and the Czech Open international chess and board games festival.
Among the most important owners of Pardubice were the Pernštejn family, during whose rule from 1491 to 1560 the city developed and gained importance. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. There are five significant monuments protected as national cultural monuments, including the Pardubice Castle and Pardubice Crematorium.
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What is there to see near Pardubice?
Within an hour or so of Pardubice: Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (36 km), Sedlec Ossuary (36 km), Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary (38 km), Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora (53 km).
Are there any good drives near Pardubice?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Pardubice?
Pardubice is in Pardubice Region, Czechia, about 6 km from Rybitví.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 88,520
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Pardubice Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.0408, 15.7766
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Pardubice
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Sedlec Ossuary
Chapel at Kutna Hora decorated with the arranged bones of tens of thousands of people, including a chandelier of human remains.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary
UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
38 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora
Jan Santini's 1722 masterpiece of 'Baroque Gothic' above Žďár nad Sázavou: a five-pointed star-plan church inside a star-shaped cloister, built entirely around the symbolism of the number five. UNESCO-listed and eerily geometric.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Skull Chapel, Czermna
A small Baroque chapel (1776–1784) in Kudowa-Zdrój whose walls and ceiling are lined with 3,000 human skulls and bones, with 21,000 more in the crypt below: Poland's only ossuary of its kind.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Pardubice
- 63 kmRoad of a Hundred BendsRoute 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
- 64 kmSzczeliniec WielkiThe highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
- 77 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 77 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
Driving in Czech Republic
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.48/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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