Harfenice Cave in Želízy, Czechia

The set of reliefs got their name from the central figure, a seated girl with a harp. The set also includes five monumental heads and a cave with sphinx heads on the portal. All these sandstone sculptures were carved by a single person, Václav Levý, a former chef from the castle in Liběchov. He sculpted for his pleasure in his free time between 1840 and 1845. Reliefs of human heads are depicted on the rock, next to them is a cave a relief of a woman with a harp. The…

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