Devil's Head

This is an incredible rock faces. Totally worth the short hike up the hills. The monumental rock sculptures can be found in a pine forest near Liběchov by Želízy. Two, approximately nine-metre-tall terrifying devil heads, created by Václav Levý, were the first sculptures to appear in the local sandstone rocks between 1841 and 1846. Considering the dimensions, this artwork is quite unique in the country. The devil heads are accessible along a blue trail that starts by the municipal office in Želízy. The trail is known as the Václav Levý Loop Trail. A number of other reliefs were soon to follow. Visit the Klácelka Cave and take a look at the large relief of Jan Žižka, Prokop Holý, Zdeněk Zásmucký and dwarves forging weapons for the Knights of Blaník. The cave conceals symbols of human traits in animal forms according to the fables by František Matouš Klácel, whom the cave is named after.

A nice short getaway, just 40 minutes ride by car from Prague. Beautiful nature and unique rock formations.

The devil’s Head is situated near the Mělník city (little town, where the the House of Lobkowicz.is situated, castle, and lies at the confluence of the Elbe and Vltava rivers-worth to visit) , around 30km form Prague. Better to not going there on the highway, which is always full of traffic jam. The sculpture is carved in the limestone/sandstone and can be seen from the down also, where there you can park your car. There are two option the longer road to escalate to the sculpture or the shorter, which of course is harder and steeper, but be warned that in case of rain it is very bad to climb. There are some kind of sand and even in dry period is not good, especially if you go with sandal or open shoe. The sculpture was realized by the sculptor Václav Levý in the first half of the 19th century, and carved into sandstone rocks. The sculpture is a little eroded, by the weather of course, but still beauty and interesting. Some part reminded me of the Adventure movie Merlin, Valley of the Fallen Kings. Of course with a little fantasy 😊 The two head look to the little town Želízy, and a good panorama of the around, can be seen some hood of a power-energetical company.

We love it here! Amazing place to visit! Much bigger than we thought! We took Metro C then bus 400 to the devil's head. The bus cost only 3€ each and can pay in the bus with card or cash. It is only 40 mins away from the Prague. The bus stop right where they have this big heads! Prepare your shoes, we were up there when it rain and it is very slippery! Worth visit!! Visit here is free as well! When we arrived, it was just 2 of us too!

This is one of the Hidden Gem when you are in Prague . It’s won’t take much time . Small trek to climb and do have parking close to the Starting point ( 2 minutes walking) . Good place for nice photos and view .

Nice place for walking. There is no parking nearby. Few hundred meters far away big parking place

A very cool spot! Worth the visit if you're on your way from Prague to Germany or the other way around. The hike is short and nice and the scenery is quite beautiful on a clear day. We loved it!

What a random collection of rocks. It was just a quick visit. A pit stop on my Vespa ride to the cottage, I will definitely go back again and find out more