The Czech Republic.

THIS IS ONE OF FOUR ARTICLES I HAVE POSTED ON MY PARTICIPATION IN A 24-DAY ELDERHOSTEL PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER 2003 WHICH INCLUDED VISITS TO POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, AND HUNGARY. I AM PUBLISHING PHOTOS AND WRITING A STORY INDIVIDUALLY UNDER FOUR LOCATIONS: (1) WARSAW, POLAND; (2)CRACOW(CRACKOW/KRAKOW?), POLAND; (3) PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC; AND (4) BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. FOUR NIGHTS WERE SPENT IN EACH OF THE POLISH CITIES, AND SEVEN NIGHTS WERE SPENT IN EACH OF THE OTHER TWO CITIES. YOU CAN FIND THE OTHER ARTICLES BY GOING TO MY HOMEPAGE AT: ... (more)

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Prague-Brevnov Monastery burial vault
In 1964 the crypt of the original 10th-century church (St. Margaret's...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Church, part of the Brevnov Monastery, was completed in 1720.

Prague-Brevnov Monastery ceiling
This ceiling fresco was seen as we moved from a meeting room to the...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Church was completed in 1720. In 1993, the 1000th...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Church is part of the Brevnov Monastery, the oldest...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
This view may be the best to appreciate the overhead frescoes in St....

Prague-Brevnov Monastery ceiling
This fresco is painted on a ceiling in the monastery along the hallway...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
Sun was streaming in the windows of St. Margaret's Church as we...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Church celebrated the 1000th anniversary of the...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
The organ pipes, balcony, and overhead frescoes are just a small part of the...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Church is part of a former Benedictine abbey...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Church was completed in 1720. A statue of St....

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Church is part of the oldest monastery in Bohemia...

Prague-Brevnov/St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Church was quite busy on Saturday during our visit to the...

Prague-Brevnov-St. Margaret's Church
Several weddings took place on Saturday while we were visiting the Brevnov...

Prague-Mozart Museum/Bertramka Villa
It was intermission for these concertgoers at Bertramka, a 17th-century...

Prague-Mozart Museum/Bertramka display
The museum is part of a 17th-century farmhouse enlarged to convert it to a...

Prague-Mozart Museum/Bertramka display
This piano at the Mozart Museum in Bertramka on the outskirts of Prague is...

Prague-Prague Castle garden
This small garden was seen as we walked to the entrance to the castle.

Prague-Prague Castle garden
This garden was seen as we walked to the upper entrance to the castle.

Prague-Castle Square statue
This statue is in Castle Square looking toward the entrance to the castle.

Prague-Prague Castle entrance
Prague Castle, founded in the 9th century, has a commanding location...

Prague-Castle entrance and guard
After passing Czech soldiers on guard, entrance to the first courtyard of the...

Prague-Church of the Holy Rood
The Church of the Holy Rood is located in the second courtyard of the castle.

Prague-towers of St. Vitas Cathedral
Looking through Matthias Gate, built in 1614 as a free-standing...

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article published 10/7/2003

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Thanks so much for your excellent history of Czech Republic and what you saw, I was envious, as I've been there twice but didnt take in all that you did, or learn as much! Great job!!
— Eleanor Robb, May 3, 2009

Many nice photos, though the lawn-gnomes looked evil to me.
— Clay Sneller, August 24, 2004

DON'T MISS OLD TOWN HALL TOWER CLOCK
COMMENT FROM THIS SITE'S AUTHOR!! Watching the parade of characters appear as the Old Town Hall Tower clock strikes the hour is a must see attraction. I'm sorry I took only slides of it. The current mechanism of the clock was perfected about 1560. Below the mechanical clock are an astronomical clock and a calendar.
— Jim & Diane Tanner, February 21, 2004

Frd & Ginger
The architect of this building is Frank Gehry, the architect of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
— Anna Rundle, January 19, 2004