Cathedral of St Barbara Kutná Hora

Saint Barbara’s Church or Cathedral of St Barbara is a Roman Catholic church in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.
It is one of the most famous Gothic churches in central Europe and it is a UNESCO world heritage site. St Barbara is the patron saint of miners, which was highly appropriate for a town whose wealth was based entirely upon its silver mines. Construction began in 1388, but because work on the church was interrupted for more than 60 years during the Hussite Wars, it resumed in 1481. Construction, however, depended on the prosperity of the town’s silver mines and was completed in 1905. Notable features include the glass windows, altars, pulpits and choir stalls. Medieval frescoes depicting the secular life of the medieval mining town and religious themes have been preserved.