landmark
Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary
UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Světlá nad Sázavou
Vysocina, Czechia · Europe
About Světlá nad Sázavou
Světlá nad Sázavou sits on the route: 15 minutes from Okrouhlice, 55km from Konopiste Castle.
Světlá nad Sázavou is in Vysocina, Czechia, with about 6,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Okrouhlice, about 8 km away.
Světlá nad Sázavou (Czech pronunciation: [ˈsvjɛtlaː ˈnat saːzavou]; German: Swietla ob der Sasau) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,300 inhabitants. The town is located on the Sázava River in the Upper Sázava Hills.
Světlá nad Sázavou is known for a largeRead more
women's prison. The most important monument in the town is the Světlá nad Sázavou Castle.
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What is there to see near Světlá nad Sázavou?
Within an hour or so of Světlá nad Sázavou: Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary (33 km), Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (34 km), Sedlec Ossuary (34 km), Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora (40 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Světlá nad Sázavou?
Světlá nad Sázavou is in Vysocina, Czechia, about 8 km from Okrouhlice.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,394
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Vysocina
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 49.6680, 15.4039
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Světlá nad Sázavou
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.
34 km · about 40 min 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.
34 km · about 40 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Telč
A picture-perfect UNESCO town centered around a main square lined with beautifully uniform Renaissance and baroque burgher houses.
54 km · about 60 min drive
castle
Konopiste Castle
The lavish country residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose 1914 assassination sparked WWI; the chateau preserves his vast hunting trophies and armoury amid an English-style park south of Prague.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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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