
Two devils in the Hell / Dva certi v Pekle, Czech Republic
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vraatja
N 50° 22.742 E 016° 11.211
33U E 584386 N 5581447
Who else than devils can guards in the Hell. In this Hell they are two./ Kdo jiný než certi muže strážit peklo. V tomto Pekle jsou hned dva.
Waymark Code: WM94YE
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/28/2010
Views: 120
In the middle of deep valley some 4 kilometers northwardly from Nove Mesto nad Metuji there is Peklo (the Hell in English), very small village. In Peklo there were two mills a century ago. One of them was rebuilt by the design of the famous Czech architect Dušan Jurkovic into the hiking chalet, at the beginning of 20th century. And if it is the Hell (Peklo) who else than devils must be here. These devils looks like in typical Czech fairy-tales, where the devil is very frequent "element". Horns, long tails, hoof are their typical signs. The fork and the big bag for sinners is, of course, indispensable equipment.
Type of wood carving: Combination of carving tools
 Artist's Name: Ivan "dědek" Šmíd (http://smidivan.cz/)
 Approximate size/height: about 2.5 meters i.e. 8 feet
 Other type: Not listed
 Type of wood: Not listed

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