Tři kříže, Cultural monument in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic.
Tří kříže are three wooden crosses on stone pedestals standing on Kaplisko hill, also called Calvary, at 674.9 m above sea level about 1 km east of Nové Město na Moravě. The stone bases date from 1832, when the crosses were restored.
A chapel was built on Michovský hill in 1482 as thanks for deliverance from plague, and after it vanished, three wooden crosses were erected in 1680. They were renewed in 1832 as wooden crosses on stone pedestals, again in gratitude that no resident of Nové Město na Moravě died in the epidemic. The stone pedestals from that time survive.
The site is also called Kaplisko or Kalvárie, a name linked to the Calvarien Berg label on the second military survey maps. Pilgrimages and open-air field masses were held here, and the stone pedestals from that period still stand beneath the crosses.
The site can be reached on foot from the evangelical church building, from where a paved path leads across a meadow to the crosses. On nice days it is ideal for a walk with good footwear, though the ground can become slippery after rain.
The maple Alley of Reconciliation, planted in 1928, runs from the Evangelical cemetery to the crosses, with one tree for each local resident who died in World War I. The hill is also called Kaplisko, a name probably derived from Calvarien Berg on the 1836–1852 military map.
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