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Macocha

Czech Republic / Jihomoravsky / Vilemovice /
 canyon / gorge, interesting place

Propast/Gorge plocha/wide 174 x 76 m, 139 m hluboká/deep
The name "Macocha" means "the (evil) stepmother", then in the legend an evil stepmother tried to push her stepson into the precipice. He is however getting caught in the wall and was found by village inhabitants. When the village people found out what she had done, they bunged her down into the abyss.
www.cot.cz/data/english/00_09/9_reg_7.htm
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Coordinates:   49°22'22"N   16°43'46"E
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