The locals are no prudes and they love the naughty aspect of their hometown so much that they include it in the tourist guides. Not so much about the shopping windows of the Brno sexshops but rather the titillating statues, street names and more. As you might know, prostitution is neither prohibited nor regulated in the Czech Republic, the state simply decided to turn a blind eye.
What is prohibited, is pimping. If you walk around the St. It is a bit shocking if you consider that such a joke was made on a religious building in the 13th century! The legend says that this naughty man was the result of a competition between the construction crews of St. James Church and Petrov both were built at the same time.
The crew of St. James Church had a better stonemason and the crew of Petrov more powerful connection. And so they achieved the forced leave of the stonemason of St. Before he left he finished a window he was working on and left a little unexpected gift β a small man sitting on the window and showing his butt in the direction of Petrov. There is also a theory which says that there are actually two people probably having sex.
Then one discovery overshadowed all of it. It was placed here in in honor of W. Mozart who had a concert in the Reduta theatre the statue is in front of it when he was 11 years old. And so the only thing the Brnonians can do if they want to know what time it is, is to stand in front of the clock, go ten steps backwards and turn their head left to see the clock on the tower of the St. James church. The first time they used this one:. Yes, we are all probably thinking the same. And given what the cover looks like, of course there was a group of jokers who splashed some red paint over it.
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