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Walking in colors.....Prague

2008.12.05



Prague's Old Town originated on the right bank of the Vltava in places that would not be threatened by floods. Its centre consisted of a large marketplace, today's Old Town Square (Staromestke namesti), and routes that lead to both the city's castles, Prague Castle and Vysehrad, and to points where long-distance trade routes converged.
Prague's Old Town
When the stone Judith Bridge was built around the middle of the 12th century, the city's basic structure had already been set in the form of stone buildings. The quantity of well-preserved lower floors of the Romanesque buildings is extraordinary.
By the end of the 13th century the city already had 10 metre-high stone fortifications, protecting a settlement of about 140 hectares. This included the New Town by St. Gall's (sv. Havel) situated at the north border of the town with a large marketplace known today as Gall's Market (Havelsky trh). In contrast to medieval times it is considerably smaller due to secondary settlement.
Prague's Old Town
The rapid regeneration of the advanced Gothic city was accelerated by the privileges granted to it by Charles IV. In 1348 he added a university to the city's huge concentration of churches, cloisters and aristocratic residences and newly built town hall. He also strengthened the dominant position of Prague's Old town among Prague's historic cities, and preserved this after their administrative consolidation.

51 Comments
glennis Wow! Tremendous! Love the colours in the first two and the light shining through in the last one looks fabulous!
glennis · 2008-12-05: 09:22
mantis28 Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! great set! I love Prague!!!
mantis28 · 2008-12-05: 09:48
acanelma wow!! espectacular. Very beatifut..
I want to go to Praga!!!
:-) Regards.
acanelma · 2008-12-05: 12:02
davidcardona Amazing! Last one´s a stunning landscape... cOngrAts!
davidcardona · 2008-12-05: 12:20
littleann 1st and last are the best :)
littleann · 2008-12-05: 12:29
BlueLady Μου αρέσει πολύ ο φωτισμός και το καδράρισμα. Η Πράγα είναι μια από τις ωραιότερες πόλεις που έχω δει και ειδικά στην τελευταία έχεις πιάσει αυτήν την ασημί λάμψη με την οποία την κρατάω πάντα στο μυαλό μου....
BlueLady · 2008-12-05: 16:26
MarcoCastagnaro cool!!! last shot is fantastic!
MarcoCastagnaro · 2008-12-05: 18:47
mojaroo really its a magical set
mojaroo · 2008-12-05: 19:46
wayneatwerrcc Beautiful set. I like the shadow effect in the second photo. But all are fantastic.
wayneatwerrcc · 2008-12-05: 23:28
jenjung great set - the last one is my favorite
jenjung · 2008-12-06: 01:17
kackac lovely shots. You have done really good work
kackac · 2008-12-06: 07:03
kretz great set!congrats!
kretz · 2008-12-06: 12:32
miclaud Nice serie! I don't know Prague and I don't know wether I'll see it one day!
So, thanks for sharing them!!!
I like the colors of the 1st one and the effects in the last one.
miclaud · 2008-12-06: 13:53
islasivan absolutely brilliant!!! thanks for sharing us your work!
islasivan · 2008-12-06: 16:07
mellow beautiful set &beautiful place...
mellow · 2008-12-07: 05:45
yellodog Wow, what eye candy!
yellodog · 2008-12-07: 13:40
OILBASE # 2 IS WONDERFUL
OILBASE · 2008-12-07: 14:36
baiska Wow, my lovely capital city! Great set, #2 is very interesting.
baiska · 2008-12-07: 18:17
elenitri #1!!
thanks for sharing..
elenitri · 2008-12-08: 02:41
Rasoarivelo last one is nice :)
Rasoarivelo · 2008-12-08: 05:54
gagmaba Πολύ όμοφο σετ, φοβερα χρώματα, συγχαρητήρια!!!
gagmaba · 2008-12-08: 09:08
mandylouwho Another lovely set - I love the second one!
mandylouwho · 2008-12-09: 12:41
PennyWyatt Very interesting, thank you for sharing.
PennyWyatt · 2008-12-10: 10:58
finbarr fantastic photos!!!
finbarr · 2008-12-10: 17:09
NikodemM Very Nice...
NikodemM · 2008-12-11: 05:32
Dragana i love that city so much, had some of my best times there
Dragana · 2008-12-11: 15:13
Marieluska What a colors! 3 wonderful shots! :)
Marieluska · 2008-12-16: 08:17
ΙΩΑΝΝΙΤΣΑ για αλλη μια φορα, φοβερες...ειδικα η τελευταια ειναι απιστευτη..εχεις πιασει ακριβως την ατμοσφαιρα..εννοειτε οτι τη λατρεψα χωρις υπερβολη..
ΙΩΑΝΝΙΤΣΑ · 2008-12-19: 07:06
Cabecilha excellent :)
Cabecilha · 2008-12-26: 08:08
cortelazzo wow! beautiful pics!
cortelazzo · 2008-12-27: 04:36
gugouveia MUITO BOAAAA A PRIMEIRA FOTO!!!

gugouveia · 2008-12-27: 20:29
soplztellmey incredible!
soplztellmey · 2008-12-30: 10:26
cascavel87 excellent!!
cascavel87 · 2009-01-01: 17:09
korekta This post is really amazing and beautiful.
korekta · 2009-01-02: 06:05
Dezsoba Nice!! Nice!! Nice!! & Happy New Year !
Dezsoba · 2009-01-06: 13:35
UNdOne Great post, great colours!!
UNdOne · 2009-01-08: 17:59
focusjamesfocus woo last photo is amazing! two thumbs up!
focusjamesfocus · 2009-01-09: 11:21
shell88 nice shots and colours. beautiful city.
shell88 · 2009-01-09: 13:23
akiko0130 good photos!! nice colors and lights!
akiko0130 · 2009-01-13: 10:24
Najeli Wonderful!! # 1 is my fav.
Najeli · 2009-01-14: 15:49
susjustjake Gorgeous
susjustjake · 2009-01-15: 08:31
nathaliedelmas Jolies photos...
nathaliedelmas · 2009-01-18: 09:06
frommihap the last ... great :)
frommihap · 2009-01-22: 03:27
pooneh they're awesome!
but my favorite is the second one:)
pooneh · 2009-02-03: 03:28
Sophias wonderful pictures!bravo!
Sophias · 2009-02-06: 10:10
bedavid Great captures....and yes...the colors are very good :)
bedavid · 2009-02-06: 16:38
Mayya beautiful
Mayya · 2009-02-07: 16:29
Pepii i always wanted to go to prague.. congratulations really good photos! i envy you!
Pepii · 2009-02-16: 19:41
Kamibizr perfect colors
Kamibizr · 2009-02-19: 09:57
widow beautiful photos!
widow · 2009-02-24: 15:21
Primavera Wonderful set!
Primavera · 2009-05-28: 13:48
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