What is "skryje"

Skryje is a village in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies upon the Berounka River, some 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.

Skryje is a village and municipality ( obec) in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 55 (as at 3 July 2006).

Skryje lies approximately north-west of Brno and south-east of Prague.