Wenceslaus Square, Prague
September flowers in Wenceslaus Square
Wenceslaus Square is wild with floweers
Saint Vaclav (Wenceslaus) Prague's patron saint before the National Museum in Wenceslaus Square
Prague is remembering the 40th Anniversary of the Prague Spring
Remember when the Russian tanks came in and the citizens of Prague attacked them barehanded!
Russian tank in Wenceslaus Square, reminder of the 1968 crackdown
National Museum
Mural of King Wenceslaus in the National Museum
National Museum, Prague
The human evolution
Wooly mammoth in the National Museum, Prague
St. Wenceslaus Square, with a Russian tank outside the entrance to the National Museum
Hare Krishnas chanting in Wenceslaus Square
Every building in Prague has something unique about it, like frescoes on the outer walls.
My spacious bedroom on the top floor of the Hotel Julian
Grand Hotel Europa, near the #9 tram stop in the neighborhood where I stayed
On the funicular up to Petrin Hill, to see the rose garden, Eiffel Tower reproduction, Mirror Maze and Strahov Monastery
The Rose Garden on Petrin Hill
The Eiffel Tower and the rose garden
Entrance to the Mirror Maze
There I am on every side
The Battle on the Charles Bridge, in the Mirror Maze
View from Petrin Hill towards St. Vitus' Cathedral
Looking East from Petrin Hill toward the Vltava River, St. Vitus and the Prague Castle to the right
The gothic spires of St. Vitus Cathedral soar above Prague
Cloister entrance
Cloister
Elaborate plasterwork on the ceilings in the cloister and frescoes
Altar with martyr in the Basilica of Our Lady
Pulpit from Strahov Monastery church
Frescoes by Neunhertz (1774)
Gorgeous frescoes by Neunhertz
Oldest part of the monastery, with Romanesque columns
Strahov Church
Strahov church main altar. Mozart played the organ here.
Church of Loreto's baroque bell tower
Czernin Palace in the Loretanske Namesta near the Church of Loreto
Church of Loreto, where the Holy House (replica of the House of Loreto in Italy) is housed
A charming building in the Lesser Town
Schwarzenbersky Palace
Another palace--
Entrance to the Prague Castle, with St. Vitus's Cathedral in its courtyard.
Gothic door to St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus's gothic spire with Baroque top
The Old Royal Palace
View over Prague from the palace, the Lesser Town Bridge Tower in the center
What the royal palace compound looked like in the middle ages
Model showing the old medieval walls and the buildings now inside the Palace compound
Model of the Old Royal Palace
Model showing the whole compound of the Prazsky hrad (Prague Castle)
View from Royal Palace, showing several bridges across the Vltava River, with St. Nicholas's Church in the foreground
The ramparts of the Old Royal Palace
The Charles Bridge (covered with people) and the Old Town Tower
The Throne room
Royal jewels
St. Vitus's Cathedral apse
St. George's Basilica
St. George's Basilica, a romanesque predecessor of St. Vitus Cathedral
The simple romanesque apse
Early Gothic sculpture in crypt
The Three Wise Men
Romanesque bell tower
Romanesque door to St. George's
Romanesque apse
The Golden Lane--formerly the houses of ordinary people within the royal compound
Quiet little houses, now tourist shops
Another way to see Prague
St. Wenceslaus Vineyard, right outside Prague Castle
Yes, that's me
St. Wenceslaus Vineyard is huge!
Beside the Charles Bridge
The National Theatre (Narodni Divadlo)
Looking back at the Prague Castle and St. Vitus Church, with St. Nicholas Church below
New Town Hall
St. Nicholas Church
Tower gate into Old Town
The Lesser Town Bridge towers by the Charles Bridge--with much construction and many tourists
Coffin on hearse in canal near Vltava River
Painting for sale on Charles Bridge
Looking across the Vlatava River from Charles Bridge
St. Vitus' Church and the Prague Castle above the city
Charles Bridge, Lesser Town towers
Paintings of Prague and the bridge
Band on the Charles Bridge
Old Town Bridge
St. Salvator Church was offering a Vivaldi concert that evening
St. Salvator Church
Tower into Old town
Panorama of Prague--a city I must return to
