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Jan Hus statue is being restored and currently covered. Beautiful clouds passing over us.
In the sky rises Our Lady of Tyn Cathedral. This Gothic church was founded in 1385 during the tumultuous period when the ‘heretic’ Hussites were slaughtered by the ruling Roman Catholics. The Catholic Jesuits then made the church their own by recasting the bell and replacing the Hussites symbolic chalice with the ten-foot figure of Mary nailed up between the towers today.
The Grave of Tycho de Brahe: The memorial burial tablet of the famous Danish astronomer Tycho de Brahe can be found in the Tyn Church. Brahe (1546 -1601) was one of the leading scientists of the time (creating astronomical tables and formulating laws on the movements of the planets) under the umbrella of Rudolf II for whom he worked after not receiving the necessary grants in Denmark.
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