Řepora, Open-air museum in Stodůlky, Prague, Czech Republic
Řepora is a closed open-air museum in Stodůlky, Prague, built from 1999 in a former clay pit called Hliník. It recreates a 14th-century village with log houses, a church and cemetery, craft workshops, an inn, a pillory and a well, surrounded by a palisade with towers and gates. The two log buildings in the photograph have steep shingled roofs and small square windows.
The museum was established starting in 1999 to recreate a village from the 1300s during the reigns of Charles IV and Wenceslas IV. This period was marked by both cultural growth and social changes that deeply affected rural communities.
The village was built as a living museum, with a pottery, a smithy, fishermen's houses, farmsteads, a medieval tavern and a church with a cemetery. Medieval-life enthusiasts once staged fencing, dancing and bathing there, and the site has served as a film set, including for the 2017 film "Himmel und Hölle".
The site has been closed to the public since 2013 and entry is prohibited; it is rented out for film shoots. A marked tourist trail runs from Řeporyjské náměstí along Ve Výrech street past the grounds to Stodůlky metro station, about one kilometre away.
The site is closed to the public and entry is prohibited; since 2013 it has been rented out for film shoots, and it served as a set for the 2017 film "Himmel und Hölle". Fires in 2003, 2004, 2019 and 2020 destroyed wooden buildings, and the burnt structures have not been rebuilt.
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