Prague

Prague
Date(s): October 7-9, 2011. Album by David Clement. 1 - 34 of 34 Total. 12 Visits.

1 Courtyard Marriott Airport on Saturday morning	2 the indoor courtyard	3 St. Vitus' Cathedral at Prague Castle	4
5 inside St. Vitus	6 the cathedral contains tombs of several Bohemian kings	7	8 Vladislav Hall in the Old Royal Palace
9 Czech Crown Jewels	10 view of Vltava from top of South Tower of St. Vitus	11 Karlův most (Charles Bridge) on the left	12
13	14	15 Petřínská rozhledna (Petřín Lookout Tower)	16 built in 1891, inspired by the Eiffel Tower
17 view of Prague Castle from the top of Petřín Tower	18 I descended Petřín hill on this funicular	19 Charles Bridge: construction started in 1357 under King Charles IV!	20 from the other side; it was the only bridge over the Vltava until 1841
21 Prague Metro	22 Tančící dům, commonly known as Dancing House; co-designed by Frank Gehry	23 Prague Orloj (Astronomical Clock): installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the only one still working	24 Jan Hus Memorial in the Old Town Square; Old Town City Hall in the background
25 view of Petřín Tower and Prague Castle from the top of the Old Town City Hall	26 Old Town Square and Jan Hus Memorial	27 Church of Our Lady before Týn	28 close-up of the clock, which is on the southern wall of the Old Town City Hall
29 Powder Tower, one of the old city gates, by the 17th century it was used to store gunpowder	30 Josefov area; many synagogues here	31 Old Jewish Cemetery, layers of tombs here and could be as many as 100,000 interred	32 view of Prague Castle across Mánesův most
33 Brahe and Kepler monument near the Castle	34 sunset across the Vltava viewed from the remains of Vyšehrad

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