Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows on Hvězda in Broumovské stěny

The beauties of star rocks were beautifully portrayed in Jiráské's "Neighbors" and "Pandurko". Their most beautiful place is the chapel of Our Lady of the Snows, whose history is very rich. It is located on a hill that was originally called "Polická hora", only later it began to be referred to as "Hvězda". In 1670, abbot Tomáš had a tall wooden cross with a gilded star erected on Hvězda rock, and from it...