PRAGUE CASTLE HAS BECOME LIKE A VILLAGE OF BUILDINGS, SQUARES & GARDENS, WITHIN ITS OUTER WALLS. THE ORIGINAL WOODEN FORTRESS WAS FOUNDED IN THE 9TH CENTURY.... IT LATER BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE AND IS TODAY THE RESIDENCE OF THE CZECH PRESIDENT. THE WHOLE COMPLEX HAS BEEN ADDED TO AND RECONSTRUCTED DURING THE CENTURIES.
+++++More pictures of the Castle complex & St Vitus Cathedral are in the Prague 2007 galleries+++++
THE BELVEDERE
COLOURFUL PUBLICITY
POWDER BRIDGE.
PRAGUE VIEW FROM CASTLE SQUARE
STEPS BY THE LORETA
THE ROYAL GARDENS
PRAGUE VIEW FROM CASTLE SQUARE . 1
TERRACE WALL STATUE
MAGNOLIA COTTAGE
CASTLE TOWERS ACROSS THE MOAT
THE ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
THE CASTLE GATES
KOSECA PALACE
CASTLE AREA FROM PETRIN HILL
IMPOSING FACADE
ROYAL GARDENS TROUGH
SIDE FACADE OF THE KING'S BALL GAME COURT BUILDING