gallery: The St Vitus cathedral
Interior and exterior views. It's amazing what one can build given a few centuries! Be advised that a (very cheap) permit is required to take photos inside the cathedral - this permit also covers photography in the rest of the Hradčany area. I got my permit in the ticket shop by the cathedral entrance.
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St Peter
Statue in a corner niche in the Second Courtyard
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Guards at the north entrance
Entering Hrad from the north (getting off the streetcar at the nearest stop) one enters the castle area through this side gate.
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St. George statue, Namesti u sv Jiri
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Vladislavsky sal, Stary Kralovsky Palac
The old royal court hall. It also has a very practical, shallow stairway off to the left side of the far end of the hall, where one can ride one's horse straight from the St.George square into the hall!
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Royal chapel, Stary Kralovsky Palac
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Bazilika sv. Jiri
This small church, St.George, is directly opposite the St.Vitus cathedral across the St.George Square. In summer concerts are given here from time to time - they are a lot more expensive than the more touristy concerts down-town but the acoustics in this church are quite excellent.
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Looking towards the altar. This room has excellent acoustics for concerts.
Inside the St. George church. In concert, the audience is seated behind the camera position, while the orchestra sits on the raised mezzanine above the crypt.
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Looking back from the crypt towards the main entrance
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Looking into the nave from a side wing
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The ceiling - not what it used to be
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Into a side chapel by the main entrance
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The side chapel altar, closer up
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And another altar in the same room
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Jirska Ulice, looking toward the east gates
If one continues ahead, one will go through the gates and proceed down towards Mala Strana, below Hradčany, a stone's throw from the Malonstranská metro station. The entrance to Zlatá Uličká, The Golden Lane, now lies to the left of the camera.
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Narrow alley
A pedestrian walkway leading down from Loretanska to Uvoz
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Columns
Columned building on Loretanska
