Prague - Stare Mesto -old town square and heart of the city. Monument is of the religious reformer Jan Hus.
Prague - Stare Mesto -old town square and heart of the city.
Monument is of the religious reformer Jan Hus.
Prague - Old town square. Gothic Astronomical clock (1410).
Every hour it chimes with apostles, Christ, a skeleton and a cock appearing
in its top windows.
Prague - Mr. Chan and Mr. Mozart.
Prague - Taking a little break on this quaint streer below the Charles
Bridge.
Prague - Neoclassical Stavovske Theatre(1783) where the premiere of
Mozart's Don Giovanni took place (1787) with the composer himself conducting.
Karlstejn - 33km feom Prague. Karlstejn Castle (upper center)
was built by Emperor Charles IV in mis 14th century.
Prague - Charles Bridge.
Prague - View od old town from Charles Bridge.
Sedlec/Kutna Hora. This Schwarzenberg Coat of Arms is made of
human bones and is displayed at aGothic ossuary in Sedlec. The ossuary,
a truly macabre site, is decorated with the bones of some 40000 people.
In 1870, Frantisek Rint arranged the bones in the form of bells (in back),
chandelier, monstrances, and this coat of arms.
Cesky Budejovice (Budweis) - Mural in a neat little coffee shop.
Ceske Budejovice (also known as Budweis,the regional capital of South
Bohemia and original home of Budvar (budweiser) beer). Great
Square, one of the largest of its kind in Europe, is surrounded by 18th
century arches. Hotel Zvon occupies a number of buildings in
picture. Black Tower (1553) looms over the square.