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Attractions along the Carpathians
Upper Hungary / Slovakia

Bottomless Well

Bottomless Well
Original function:
well
Current function:
well
Address:
Sv. Anny 331, 065 03 Podolínec
Historical Hungarian county:
Szepes
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
49.265253, 20.544279
Google map:

History

It is located on the edge of the cemetery. According to the legend a dangerous bandit was beheaded, and his head sank into the ground where the well is now located. The well is connected with the Dunajec River by an underground canal.

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