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Chapel, Historical sight
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Janska Chapel of St. John the Baptist

enlarge picture: Janska Chapel of St. John the Baptist * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: Janska Chapel of St. John the Baptist * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: Janska Chapel of St. John the Baptist * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: Janska Chapel of St. John the Baptist * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
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The baroque chapel of St. John was built in 1712 on the heights of John's Hill. It became a witness of the bloody battles of the 1866 war. Many army memorials and gravestones around the chapel remind of this dark historical chapter.

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