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| Prague |
Prague is divided into several small areas which include Old Town, New Town, Little Quarter and Castle Quarter. We spent most of our time in these areas, with one trip further out to see Alfons Mucha's Slav Epic.
Prague is an absolute jewel of a city. Certainly the prettiest I've ever seen. It is very hard to pick just a few photos to represent the city. The Old Town Square and The Charles Bridge were fun enough to just hang out and people watch. Wenceslas Square in New Town always had things going on. The Castle District was very impressive and no photos could capture the beauty of St. Vitus Cathedral lit up on the hill at night.
We stayed in a lovely little flat in the Old Town district of Prague. We visited several museums including the Mucha Museum, the Slav Epic, the Museum of Communism, and the Jewish Museum which consisted of numbers of synagogues and landmarks (few of which allowed photos, unfortunately). We also spent a couple of nights at a jazz club, called The Jazz Dock, which was on a barge on the river.
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| View from our apartment window |
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| View from our apartment window in Old Town, |
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| This is a view from the Charles Bridge, looking back toward Old Town |
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| On the Charles Bridge, looking back toward Old Town - Tower Bridge in the center |
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| Didgeridoo player on the bridge |
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| Looking down on the Charles Bridge from the Little Quarter |
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| Jerusalem Synagogue, New Town |
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| Bridge Tower - Charles Bridge |
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| St. Vitas Cathedral on Castle Quarter |
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| Little Quarter |
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| Church of St. Nicholas, Little Quarter |
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| Climbing to Castle Quarter |
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| Sternberg Palace |
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| Sternberg Palace |
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| St. Vitus Cathedral |
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| St Vitus Cathedral |
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| The Mucha window in St. Vitus Cathedral |
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| St. Vitus Cathedral |
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| St. Vitus Cathedral |
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| St. Vitus Cathedral; beautiful altar showing Mary and Elizabeth |
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| View from Castle Quarter |
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| St. Vitus Cathedral |
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| St. Vitus Cathedral |
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| Basilica and Convent of St. George |
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| Old Royal Palace |
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Golden Lane (tiny little houses built into the castle walls)
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| Astronomical Clock on Old Town Square |
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| Astronomical Clock, Town Hall, Old Town |
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| Town Hall, on the Square in Old Town |
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| The Old Town Square, Tyn Church |
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| St. Nicholas Church Old Town Square |
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| Havelska Market, Melantrichova Street |
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| Tyn Church at night |
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| Bridge Tower |
| Jan Hus Memorial on Old Town Square |
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| Statue of King Wenceslas on an upside down horse in a mall in Prague |
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| Municipal House, New Town |
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| Top of The Jazz Dock |
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| Old Jewish Cemetery in the Jewish Quarter |
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| Old New Synagogue, Jewish Quarter |
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| Klaus Synagogue |
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Old Jewish Cemetery, Jewish Quarter
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