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Obracene zvony Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 3/5/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Obrácené ZVONY

Mesto Rovensko pod Troskami leží na soutoku dvou potoku Veselky a Václavky. První zmínky o Rovensku jsou z roku 1371. V cásti mestecka na Týne stojí kostel sv. Václava a historická drevená zvonice s obrácenými zvony. Tato starobylá ctyrboká drevená zvonice z r. 1630 se tremi tzv. "rebelantskými zvony" je unikátem, který u nás nemá obdoby. Uvnitr zvonice nalezneme tri zvony, jejichž kovová srdce mírí vzhuru. Jmenují se:
Jan Krtitel: výška 100 cm, prumer 110 cm, váha 15 q
Václav: výška 118 cm, prumer 129 cm, váha 24 q
Jirí: výška 80 cm, prumer 85 cm, váha 6 q                              Zvony jsou vyladeny v trojzvuk e', fis', ais'.

Do pohybu se uvádejí šlapáním.Zvonení mužete shlédnout každou nedeli ve 12 hod.

     
           
     

EN:   FLIPPED BELLS

The town of Rovensko pod Troskami lies on junction of two creeks The Veselka and The Vaclavka. First references to Rovensko are from 1371. In the part of the town called Na Tyne is situated church of St. Vaclav and historic wooden campanile with flipped bells. This unique 4sided wooden campanile was build in 1630, has 3 bells called “rebel bells”, you will not find any others in Czech republic. Inside of campanile you can find 3 bells with their iron hearts upside down.

Their names are:

Jan Krtitel: height 100cm, diameter 110cm, weight 15q

Vaclav: height 118cm, diameter 129cm, weight 24q

Jiri: height 80cm, diameter 85cm, weight 6q

Together they played in triad e’, fis’, ais’.

Playing on them is done by stepping mechanism. You can see the show every Sunday at 12 o’clock.

 

Pozor, v poradí již tretí schránka je už na jiném míste!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

PM:vasbeznpaí prqhyr,zntargvpxá RA:fpurqhyr,zntarg

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)