Skanzen Řepora
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This fenced, arson-scarred medieval village hidden in a patch of Prague woodland is one of the strangest sights a rider will pass on the city's southwestern edge, an entire 14th-century Bohemian settlement, built and then abandoned. Opened in 2002 as the open-air museum Tuležim (renamed Řepora in 2004) on the site of a former clay pit called Hliník, it recreated six farmsteads with houses and outbuildings, a wooden church, and a marketplace grouped around a central square, using only materials and building techniques authentic to the 14th and 15th centuries. It became a popular film set, but was hit by a suspected arson fire in 2003 that destroyed a potter's homestead, a farmer's house, a smithy and a granary, and by a further blaze in 2019 that razed three more buildings. Closed to the public since 2013 and still rented out for filming, its timber roofs now decay quietly behind a locked gate.
Řepora started life in 2002 as the open-air museum Tuležim, built on the site of a former clay pit called Hliník on the edge of Prague. Every building on site was raised using only materials and techniques authentic to the 14th and 15th centuries: six full farmsteads with their outbuildings, a wooden church, and a marketplace grouped around a central square. Renamed Řepora in 2004, the reconstructed village became a popular filming location for its faithfulness to medieval Bohemian life. A suspected arson attack in 2003 destroyed a potter's homestead, a farmer's house, a smithy and a granary, and a second fire in 2019 razed three more buildings.
What you see
A locked gate and chain-link fence enclose a cluster of steep timber-roofed farmhouses and a wooden church grouped around a central square, their roofs slowly decaying.
Practical
Closed to the public since 2013; entry is prohibited.
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