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You may have seen the scenic view along the surrounding walls of the fortress in my previous video. Now be endeared with what is inside the
Vyšehrad - Czech for "Upper Castle"
https://www.prague.eu/en/object/places/137/vysehrad?back=1

00:00 Intro - Tabors Gate
00:48 Leopold Gate
01:44 Rotunda of Saint Martin
02:05 Sculpture of Sr. Wenceslas
03:10 Basilica of Apostles Saint Peter and Paul
05:05 Vyšehrad cemetery
06:58 Devil's Column
07:51 Listen to the bells of the basilica
09:06 Flowers in the park of the fortress
11:40 Playground
13:12 Path to the basilica from view of Vltava river
14:15 Outro - Timelapse view of Petrin Hill and Prague Castle

The Devil's Column (Czech: Čertův sloup)
The legend is that it was thrown there in anger by a devil named Zardan. A priest who served at a church at Vyšehrad — the smaller forerunner of the massive structure that now sits there — used the help of the devil on several occasions and had been condemned to hell but sought to repent. St Peter pitied him and said that if the priest could finish saying mass before the devil could carry a pillar from Rome to Vyšehrad, then the priest would be forgiven.

The devil was delayed when St Peter, oddly helping the priest to cheat, hurled the devil into the sea, thus breaking the column. By the time the devil made it to the church he was just moments too late and threw the column’s pieces where you can see them today. In an exorcism in 1665, the demon involved gave his name as Zardan.
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