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14. 6. 1894

14.6.1894 235 people died in the mines

The cause of the explosion and fire in the mines in Karviná in 1894 has not yet been clarified. The explosion occurred at 9:30 in the evening. In one of the pits, a mine cart was thrown up to a height of 20 metres.

10. 4. 1348

10 April 1348 On the order of Charles IV, the construction of Karlštejn begins

Around 200 thousand visitors come there every year. Karlštejn is one of the most popular castles in the Czech Republic. The builder Matthias of Arras started building it on 10 April 1348, following the example of Charles IV.

Celtic oppidum series, part four: the oppidum in Hainburg was rebuilt by archaeologists

In the next part of the series on Celtic oppids we will look at Austria, specifically Hainburg. Two thousand years ago, a fortified town stood on a local hill called Braunsberg.It was located at the so-called Uher Gate, which was the junction of the Amber and Danube routes, important for long-distance trade at the time.

SEATS OF THE GREAT MORAVIAN PRINCES I.

Archaeological excavations of Great Moravian hillforts and burial sites after the Second World War confirmed the existence of a permanentMojmírovci in the area north of the middle Danube and the discovery of an advanced material culture of the Great Moravians. The archaeological sources for the history of the Great Moravian Empire consist of hillforts, rural settlements andsettlements, burial sites, sacral buildings, mass finds and very numerous furnishings.The backbone of the power structure of Great Moravia was the fortress. Only in its original Moravian-West Slavic core are there over 40 known hillforts today.

The mysterious tomb of Methodius

Methodius' grave, one of the most mysterious topics in Czech history. Both amateur researchers and serious archaeologists are searching for it. In the manuscript "Live Methodius" we read. On the 6th day of the month of April, in the 3rd indication of the year 6393 from the creation of the world...

Celts, Rome and Scotland

In what is now Scotland, long before the birth of Christ, there were Celtic tribes, of whom we know almost nothing, yet we see references to their culture and traditions at every turn. The Roman conquerors called this territory Caledonia and it has gone down in history as such.

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