Skryje

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name = Skryje
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country = Czech Republic
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region = Central Bohemian
district = Rakovník
district_type = Little District
district_label = Municipality with Commissioned Local Authority
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area = 15.03
area_round = 2
location = Municipal office
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 57
lat_s = 51.45
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long_d = 13
long_m = 46
long_s = 01.84
long_EW = E
elevation = 332
population_as_of = 2006-08-28
population = 169
population_density = auto
established_type = First record
established = 1239
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postal_code = 270 42
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website = [http://www.balkan-obce.cz/skryje/ www.balkan-obce.cz/skryje]

Skryje is a village in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies upon the Berounka River, some Unit length|km|50|-1 to the west from the country capital Prague.

This little village became famous when French geologist Joachim Barrande discovered rich fossil deposits of Silurian fauna (namely trilobites) in the close surroundings of this village, when he was surveying the terrain for a horse-pulled railroad in 1840—1850. Today there's a small museum in the Municipal Office building showing some of his finds.

Resources

*citation
last = Czech Statistical Office
year = 2005
title = Skryje
url = http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/542385
accessdate = 2007-03-18
* Czech Wikipedia