Prague city’s architecture is wide ranging, from Art Nouveau to Cubist to Gothic and Baroque–we saw a lot. Buildings did not sustain significant damage during WWII. We started this morning with panoramic Prague. During our walking tour we learned of Prague’s colorful past and present. Tomorrow morning Jewish Prague and after that walk I board the ship.
Lots of pictures.
Mozart ate here back in the day.The House of the Black Madonna is a cubist building in the Old Town section. It was designed by Josef Gočár and was the first example of cubist architecture in Prague. It is currently in use as the Czech Museum of Cubism.Wenceslas Square. Place of the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Nonviolently resulting in the end of the one-party rule. The National Museum is building at the end of the square.Church of Our Lady before Týn. In Old Town Square, it was constructed between three centuries—from mid-14th to early 16th. It was built in Gothic-style.Old Town Hall.Dum U Minuty, the House of Minutes. I think Renaissance style.Old Town Bridge Tower. City gate at Charles Bridge.Czech Republic stands with Ukraine.Charles Bridge, a stone Gothic bridge. Built in 1357. For many centuries the only way for people to cross the Vltava River.Certovka, Devil’s Channel. Canal separating Lesser Town from Kampa Island–likely built in the 12th century.Lesser Town, Charles Bridge Tower entrance.St. Nicholas Church at the center of the Lesser Town Square. Founded by Jesuits.Prague Castle and Saint Vitus Cathedral. Within the Castle’s wall you’ll find churches, palaces, towers and many other building.Prague Castle courtyard.St. Vitus Cathedral. Took almost 600 years to complete.Side of St. Vitus Cathedral. Plenty of flying buttresses. Ornate stone detailing can be found throughout the exterior.Our concert at Lobkowicz Palace, within the Prague Castle walls. We were treated to pieces by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Dvorak (hometown boy).Haymaking, Pieter Bruegel, oil on panel, 1565. The Lobkowicz Collections, the oldest and largest private collection in the Czech Republic.The Virgin and Child with St. Barbara and St. Catherine of Alexandria, Lucas Cranach, oil on panel, c. 1520/London: The River Thames on Lord mayor’s Day. Ca. 1748, oil on canvas.
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