Sloup (Blansko District)
Sloup is a market town in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Geography. Sloup lies approximately north-east of Blansko, north of Brno, and south-east of Prague. Sloup lies on the northern border of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area. In the municipality is located part of the nature reserve "Sloupsko-šošůvské jeskyně" ("Sloup-Šošůvka Caves") known for the Kůlna Cave which became a remarkable European Paleolithic site since the 1880s.