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Houska Castle: The Czech Castle Built to Cover Hell
A medieval castle with no well, no village, and no strategic purpose should not exist, yet Houska Castle stands in the Czech forest north of Prague like someone put it there on purpose. Its defenses seem aimed inward, its blocked openings resemble windows, and the whole structure looks less like a lookout than a clenched fist around the rock beneath it.
Local legend tells of a bottomless fissure that swallowed stones without a sound and kept animals away. In one version, a condemned prisoner is lowered into the dark for King Otakar II and pulled up minutes later with white hair and a mind…
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