Čertův sloup

The Čertův sloup, also known as the Devil's Column, is a striking rock formation made up of three stone pillars in Prague's Vyšehrad. First mentioned in historical records as fragments of a single column in the cemetery of the Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, it is surrounded by a legend from the early 18th century. In the story, the Devil loses a bet against a priest and hurls the column to the ground in a rage. Geologically, it is granodiorite, which came from Bohemian quarries in the area around Sázava. You can see this fascinating natural formation in the historic setting of Vyšehrad.