Dragon, embodiment of evil, appears only rarely in the Cistercian premises such as the Velehrad basilica, Zdenek Schenk, from the Archaia Olomouc organisation, told CTK Saturday.
The tile was uncovered inside a brick construction in front of the entrance of the church belonging to the Velehrad monastery.
“It is a Gothic tile decorated with a relief with the dragon motif, a really wonderfully worked-out symbol of evil forces and of the devil himself in terms of the Christian ideology,” Schenk said.
He said the tile dates back to the mid-13th century.
Similar symbols can be seen only rarely in Cistercian monasteries. In the Czech Republic it is a unique find, Schenk added.
Besides, the archaeologists have uncovered walls of a former corridor that linked the monastery with adjacent buildings such as the abbot’s house, a chapel and a hospital.
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