Betlém in Nový les near Kuks, Baroque rock sculptures in Nový les, Czech Republic.

Betlém in Nový les is a Baroque sculptural-landscape ensemble carved from local sandstone between 1718 and 1732 by Matyáš Bernard Braun and his workshop for Count František Antonín Špork. Reliefs and figures such as the Vision of Saint Hubert and the Adoration of the Shepherds are cut partly into the living rock and boulders of the forest slope.

A local nobleman purchased this forest in the early 1700s to create a meditation space for visitors to a nearby spa. Artisans then carved the stone figures into the rock between the 1720s and 1730s.

The name Betlém refers to the Nativity scene: the relief Klanání pastýřů (Adoration of the Shepherds), documented from 1727, was then called "jesličky" (manger), and a cave was dug beside it. Count Špork had the site built as part of the Kuks spa complex, and after the December 1740 flood destroyed the spa its social use ended.

A marked trail called 'We Will Go to Bethlehem Together' connects the town of Kuks to this forest artwork and guides visitors through the sculptures. The path is easy to walk and clearly marked with signs along the route.

The sandstone for the nearby Josefov fortress, built between 1780 and 1789, was quarried right beside the sculptures. Rubble heaps raised the ground around the Well of Jacob by up to 1.5 metres, and hauling the stone probably damaged the figures too.