Pohansko

Welcome to Po-hahn-sko, an extraordinary threshold where the veil between the ancient and the modern is remarkably thin. Here, situated just south of the town of Brzhets-lahv, near the Austrian border, we stand amidst the serene,…

As the forest clears, the first structure that commands your attention is unexpectedly modern compared to the site's ancient roots: the elegant, white-columned hunting lodge. Built in the early nineteenth century by the powerful…

Inside the Liechtenstein lodge, we enter the newly revamped archaeological exposition. Recognizing that modern audiences, especially younger generations, engage differently with history, the curators have shifted the focus from…

Stepping out of the museum, we walk out into the vast, flat grassland to trace the perimeter of the ancient settlement. To the untrained eye, it may look like nothing more than a subtle rise in the earth, a slight, continuous…

Moving toward the center of the site, we arrive at the excavated foundations of the early medieval churches, specifically the remnants of a stone rotunda. This specific spot marks a monumental ideological battlefield: the…

We now walk toward the fringes of the archaeological field to engage with the pre-Christian soul of the settlement. Here, researchers have created a reconstruction of a Slavic pagan sanctuary, featuring imposing, carved wooden…

Our final distinct section brings us to a jarring historical leap. Nestled among the trees and just outside the perimeter of the ancient Great Moravian walls, you will encounter stark, heavy concrete structures: World War II…

As our deep analytical journey through Po-hahn-sko concludes, let us take a moment to absorb the profound silence of the floodplain forest. We have traversed a staggering timeline today. …