A special Urban Entrances today to put all these photos of the architectural details in one post together. This remarkable palace turned museum is on the plaza area attached to the main entrance to whole Prague Palace Complex…so sort of part of it, but really not, I guess. It’s complicated. At first I thought the details were painted on. Nope, engraved or whatever one calls it when it’s done in stone. Wow.
Didn’t read up on this history of this one, the Prague Metronome,which sits atop the same hill as the Castle, but a bit east. And yes, that’s another Ukrainian flag atop it. There were plenty to be seen, as you may already have noticed.
Taken from the Charles Bridge, almost indubitably the single most-popular tourist strolling location in Prague. The ever-present castle is slightly visible in the distance, middle of photo, just to the left of the flowering tree which I’ve chosen to believe is a horse chestnut again, until someone tells me different. I think my German friends would call it a Linden, though, so I’m all confused…. Anyhoo: what’s visible of the castle are the towers of St. Vitus Cathedral. Of it and the whole castle compound, much (much) more to come. I’ll need to check whether I managed to take more photos during three days in Prague than I did during two days in Petra last year. Hmmm….
This is the old town square in the heart of old Prague — one of the city’s most visited tourist locations, with the beloved astronomical clock on that church you see at the left side, facing to the left as you’re looking at it. More of the clock itself below – it goes through its motions once an hour, I’m told, although I don’t think I ever saw it on this visit. It’s lovely, but like most of Old Prague, very crowded indeed. Even more so on marathon Sunday, when the race went right past it! 🙂 (Hence the scaffolding you see – the runners went under, the walkers over.)
This is the old town square in the heart of old Prague — one of the city’s most visited tourist locations, with the beloved astronomical clock on that church you see at the left side, facing to the left as you’re looking at it. More of the clock itself below – it goes through its motions once an hour, I’m told, although I don’t think I ever saw it on this visit. It’s lovely, but like most of Old Prague, very crowded indeed. Even more so on marathon Sunday, when the race went right past it! 🙂 (Hence the scaffolding you see – the runners went under, the walkers over.)
(so much world, so little time....) 