Katovna / Executioner's House - Brandýs nad Labem (Central Bohemia)
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Executioner's House (Katovna) in Brandýs nad Labem, a small museum managed by Regional Museum Prague-East, is a rare example of preserved Renaissance commoner' house from the half of the 16th century.
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/11/2017
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Executioner's House (Katovna) in Brandýs nad Labem, a small museum managed by Regional Museum Prague-East, is a rare example of preserved Renaissance commoner' house from the half of the 16th century.
The Renaissance building with sgrafitto decoration served at a residence of the local executioners, who performed their craft in the town of Brandys nad Labem until 1765 (when Empress
Maria Theresa has withdrawn the town of the execution law). Since that time the executioner’s house was used only as knacker's house, where dead animal corpses were liquidated. Currently is the Executioner House owned and managed by the Regional Museum
Prague-East, which deserved its general reconstruction. Inside is a small museum devoted to history of crime, torture and death penalty in the region.