‘Slav epic’ visitor numbers soar thanks to dispute

More than twice as many visitors as usual flocked this year to see the ‘Slav epic’ series of painting by Czech painter Alfonse Mucha in Moravský Krumlov. According to the local mayor, visitor numbers soared to 50,000 compared with the usual 20,000. Interest has been heightened by a battle between the town and Prague which wants the series of 20 paintings sent to the capital to fulfill the wishes of the painter. The paintings have stayed put as a legal dispute over whether Prague should get them is fought out.