The rock town of Smolný vrch

 
Sometimes the peak is referred to as the Venus Bowl, but that is the name of the national natural monument located at the top of the hill. Smolný vrch, the 404 m high peak of the Žulovská Pahorkatina, is an exfoliation vault, or also an island mountain, which arose in the tropical Tertiary period. The rock formations on the top are of Pleistocene age, from the period of continental glaciation. Back then, Smolný stood out like a nunatak above...