| The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1661), in the Lower Square, is a monastery church of the Capuchin order. |
| The Chapel of St. John Sarkander (1909) right in front of my Hotel. Dedicated to a local martyr killed on this spot. |
| Interesting building down the street from my Hotel. |
| Denisova Street the main street shows how quiet Moravia is during the Czech National Holiday. |
| A lonely tram runs down Denisova looking for people. Almost every shop was closed. |
| Olomouc town hall (1444) is strangely placed in the middle of the Main Square (Horni Namesti). |
| Olomouc kept its town fountains. This one is the Caesar Fountain (1725), the reputed founder of Olomouc. |
| The Town Hall showing the Portal and stair added in 1539 during the Renaissance. |
| UNESCO World Heritage site the Holy Trinity Column (1764) in Horni Namesti. |
| The Holy Trinity Column is 35m high and is decorated in a style known as Olomouc Baroque. |
| The Town Hall with a view of the Tower and the Astronomical Clock. |
| The best of the Six Fountains is the Mercury Fountain (1727). |
| The Hercules Fountain (1687) which used to stand where the Trinity Column now rests. |
| The Town Hall Astronomical Clock (1519) was destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in Socialist Realism Style (1947). |
| A 3D Map of central Olomouc sitting near the Astronomical Clock. |
| The Caesar Fountain from the other side. The men under his hooves represent the Morava and Danube Rivers. |
| July 5-6th, 2011 |
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| The Marian Plague column in Dolni Namesti erected after the plague of 1713-1715 passed. |
| The Neptune Fountain (1683) in the Dolni Namesti. |
| The Marian Plague Column in the Dolni Namesti (Lower Square). |
| The Jupiter Fountain (1734) located in the Dolni Namesti (Lower Square). |
| St. Moritz Church probably built around 1492. The South Tower (left) is older dating from 1402. |
| The recently restored St. Wenceslas Cathedral. Originally built in 1131. |
| The nave and organ of St. Wenceslas Cathedral. |
| Beneath St Wenceslas Cathedral where relics are kept and tombs. |
| A tomb / Contemplation chamber beneath St. Wenceslas Cathedral. |
| The cupola roof of the Chapel of St. John Sarkander. |
| St. Michael's Church has been on this spot since 1251 but the current structure dates from 1892. |
| The organ loft of St. Michael's Church. The Church was eerily empty. |
| A copy of The Last Supper painted on the ceiling of St. Michael's Church. |
| The spartan interior of the Church of the Annunciation. |
| Panorama of the Church of the Annunciation. |
| Old looking building maybe a Warehouse ? |
| An odd statue by David Cerny of a man hanging off of the Town Hall. |
| The least interesting of the Six Fountains of Olomouc is the Tritons Fountain (1709). |
| Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snows (1716). |
| The single nave of the Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snows. |
| Paintings in the Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snows date from consecration through the mid 1800s. |
| The Organ and some of the interior art in the Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snows. |
| Inside St. Moritz Church. The nave is 22m wide and 54m high. The largest pipe organ in central Europe was installed in 1745. |
| The triptych behind the high altar (1861) in St. Moritz Church. |
| The double stair (up and down wrap inside each other) up the South Tower of St. Moritz. |
| Town Hall and the Upper Square from the top of the Tower of St. Moritz Church. |
| Moravia from the top of the tower. Mountains to the north. |
| A panorama with the Town Hall and St. Michael's Church in the view. |
| Palackeho Street from the top of the Tower. |
| Town Hall Tower. I am up higher atop St. Moritz Church and the Church Tower is free to climb. |
| My hotel room at the Hotel Arigone (just in front of the Chapel tower). |
| St. Moritz Church South Tower where you can get a great view of Olomouc for a donation. |
| Empty streets of Olomouc. Off the tourist track but also this was during the Czech National Holidays. |
| All of the tourists in Olomouc gather for the noon ringing of the Astronomical Clock. |
| Relaxing on the Upper Square in a restaurant with a Pilsner Urquell. |
| The Town Hall at night from my Hotel Room. This camera did not take good night shots. |
| Folk Art on the walls of the Train Station in Olomouc. |
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