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JUN-2007 Lenka Hladilova

And here it is!

Prague - Czech Republic

I'm at long last in the most famous square of Prague.
It's called Staromestské námestí, which means simply "Old Town Square".
On my back you can see the tower of Church of Our Lady before Tyn.
It's a very complicated name, but it was not me the one who chose it!
This Gothic church was built in 1365 on the site of an earlier Romanesque church.
Its magnificent multiple steeples are 80m high and dominate the square.
Between the early 15th century and the year of 1620 it was the main Hussite church in Prague.
A beautiful entrance portal decorated with scenes of Christ's passion and a huge Rococo altar on the northern wall are its most striking features.
Right of the altar there is a tomb of the Danish astronomer Tycho de Brahe
who worked at the court of the Emperor Rudolph II.
Týn church has a grand-sounding pipe organ and occasionally, it is a concert venue.


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