| July 1-4, 13-15 |
| Namesti Repubilky (Republic Square) and one of Prague's many different trams. |
| Building overlooking Republic Square. |
| The Powder Gate built in 1475 more for appearance than defence. It was modeled after the Old Town Bridge Gate. |
| Staromestske Namesti (Old Town Square) dominated by a temporary concert venue. |
| The Number 1 site in Prague is the Town Hall Clock (1490) which was perfected between 1552-1572. |
| Roman looking painting on the side of a building near the Town Hall on Karlova Street. |
| Narrow Karlova Street leading to Charles Bridge. The red car is one a local tour company. |
| The Hotel I stayed at in Prague was the Hotel Meteor (Best Western) - the pink looking building. |
| Narrow tourist shop street leading to the Charles Bridge. A marionette theatre sign hangs over it. |
| The Old Town Bridge Tower (late 14th Century) was an integral part of Medieval Prague's defenses. |
| Building that look to be built out over the river near the Charles Bridge (Old Town side). |
| The Vltava River and a weir designed to protect the Charles Bridge. |
| Center is the Little Quarter Bridge Tower, to the left is the Judith Bridge Tower (1158) from an earlier bridge. |
| Bridge Street leading from the Charles Bridge up to the Church St. Nicholas. |
| Clever (modern) door on a shop on Bridge Street. |
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| The First Courtyard of Prague Castle, largest castle in the World. It was remade in 1541 after a fire. |
| Copies of the original statues of warring titans (18th Century) by Ignaz Platzer.. |
| Panorama of the Second Courtyard of Prague Castle. |
| The Rose window (1925) of St. Vitus Cathedral and the West Portal. The Cathedral was begun in 1344 AD. |
| The vaulted Chancel of St. Vitus. It dates from 1372. Large crowd as their was a service at the time. |
| The newest part of the Cathedral, the West Portal and Rose Window (1925). |
| The Chancel of St. Vitus Cathedral. |
| Flight of Frederick of the Palatinate carved in wood shows 17th Century Prague in detail. |
| Tomb of St John Nepomuk crafted from solid silver in 1736. |
| The Renaissance Tower and Golden Portal of St. Vitus. Once the main entrance. |
| Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower from the heights of Castle Prague. |
| Facade and towers of St. George's Basilica a Romanesque Church dating from 915 rebuilt in 1142. |
| Chancel and buttresses of St. Vitus Cathedral from outside. |
| Interior of St. George's Basilica. The interior has been restored to the original austere appearance. |
| Alter of St. George's Basilica. |
| A glassmaker at work in a shop on the Golden Lane. |
| Small shops on Prague Castle's Golden Lane. Originally the homes of guards of the Castle. |
| Faux Medieval suits of armour in the battlements of the White Tower. |
| The bizarre grotesquery in the Wallenstein Palace Gardens. |
| The Powder Tower of Prague Castle is now a mundane museum of the Prague Castle Guards. |
| The Prague Castle Picture Gallery resides in a former stable (1600s). This is the North Hall. |
| Every tourist destination needs a local pastry to sell to visitors. Trdelnik is actually Slovakian in origin. |
| St Wenceslas vineyard on the slopes of the Castle hill overlooking the Vltava River. |
| Little Quarter Square with the Church of St. Nicholas (1703) in the background. |
| Apostles with swords adorn the facade of the Church of St. Nicholas. |
| Panorama of the interior of the Church of St. Nicholas. Ornate decoration from the 1760s. |
| The Church of St. Nicholas from the 2nd level. The organ was played by Mozart in 1787. |
| The Czech Boat a tour boat in the channel leading to the Vltava River locks. |
| The small lock that lifts boats over the weir upriver of the Charles Bridge. |
| Looking upriver on the Vtlava River from the Legil Bridge. |
| The Czech National Theatre completed in 1883. It was gutted by a fire during construction. |
| Wenceslas Square and the National Museum and St Wenceslas statue in the distance. |
| The Vltava River bridges as seen from Letna Park above Prague. |
| The Vltava bridge from the highest point of Letna park. |
| Hanavsky Pavilon atop Letna Hill. A popular park it was completely empty on this rainy day. |
| A memorial to Czechs killed during WWII. |
| Karlova Most (Charles Bridge) from the next bridge downriver from it. |
| Castle Prague was rebuilt in Renaissance Style after a fire in 1541 giving it a fairly mundane appearance. |
| The Old-New Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter. Built in 1270 AD it is the oldest synagogue in Europe. |
| Souvenir vendor huts along the Old Jewish Cemetery Wall. |
| Ceremonial Hall for the Old Jewish Cemetery. Where the grave keepers dwelt. |
| The Old Jewish Cematery was used from 1478 to 1787. There are 12,000 gravestones. |
| The Restaurant U Golema. Rabbi Low's creation is said to be hidden in the rafters of the Old-New Synagogue. |
| With the razing of the ghetto slums in the 1890s much of the Jewish Quarter's historic buildings were replaced. |
| The Church of Our Lady before Tyn (1365) and Old Town Square on a rainy Sunday. |
| The Jan Hus Monument in Old Town Square. Unveiled in 1915 a full 500 years after his death. |
| Jindrisska Tower the tallest (68 metres) belfry in Prague built in 1472. |
| Jubilee Synagogue built in 1906 was named after the silver jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph. Located on Jerusalem street. |
| Modern looking Trams pass on Jindrisska street. |
| The plain facade of the Armadni Muzeum. Essentially an Army museum. |
| Clowning around with a Soviet WWII era T-34 tank waiting for the Museum to open. |
| Soviet WWII era T-34 tank in front of the Army Museum. |
| Zizkov Monument atop Zizkov hill with its enormous equestrian statue of Jan Zizka built between the Wars. |
| The Zizkov Television Tower (1985) voted the second ugliest tower in the world. The baby statues were added in 2000. |
| Elevated rail lines leading into the main Prague rail station - Praha hlavni nadrazi. |
| The WWI Gallery in the Army Museum. Not a lot of equipment but a lot of information. |
| The first plotted idea of the borders of future Czechoslovakia by TJ Masaryk in Geneva 1915. |
| Documents signed by Hitler giving him control over the enormous Military ordinance of Czechoslovakia. |
| Old Town Square on a clear day. The Old Town Hall on the left. Huge crowds of tourists. |
| An enormous crowd of tourists waits for the Old Town Hall Clock to strike 12 noon. |
| Crowds crossing the street to Karlova Bridge (Charles Bridge) passing under the tower. |
| Narrow shops and houses on Karlova Street. |
| Painful cobbles of Old Town. They are tilted up at odd angles and I kept tripping over them. |
| At the Golden Unicorn, Poor Wretch's, Stone Table, Stone Ram and Storch House (left to right). |
| The Church of Our Lady before Tyn just behind Old Town Square. Tycho is buried here. |
| The Church of St. Nicholas (1735) and the Jan Hus memorial. |
| Where did all the tourists come from? A lot more people in Prague on this weekend. |
| Close up of the Storch House and At the Stone Ram. The rider is St. Wenceslas. |
| Faux Medieval jugglers and musicians entertaining the large crowds. |
| The Maisel Synagogue rebuilt at the start of the 20th Century. Original a private place of worship for mayor Mordecai Maisel. |