Prague/Czech Republic - Monday photo challenge - share your personal pictures from your visit to the Czech Republic!
WARNING: The use of images that are not your own on which you claim the ownership will be flagged and/or reported to @steemcleaners - HELPING TO STOP PLAGIARISM ON STEEMIT
Hello fellow Steemians,
I hope you are all having a great day! :) As usually, I am here with my daily photo challenge where you can submit your personal images from your travels to Prague and other locations in the Czech Republic in the comment section below.
The best 15 entries of the day will get my upvote. I will then pick the absolute winner of the day from these 15 photos. The winning photo will be awarded with a bigger upvote and it will also be featured as the cover image for the challenge post the next day to give the author of the winning shot some more exposure and publicity.
Don’t forget to add a short background story for your entry with at least 30 words and let me just remind you one more time that only personal images will be accepted in the challenge.
There were many great entries submitted in the yesterday Prague/Czech Republic photo challenge and I had a hard time picking the best one. After a deliberate consideration, however, I decided to choose the following entry by @jjprac:
Romantic water castle Blatná can be found in South Bohemia.
In his vast park we can meet a tame fallow deer.
At present, the castle was returned to the noble family of Hildprants in restitution, is open to the public and I can definitely recommend it.
Romantický vodní zámek Blatná najdeme v jižních Čechách.
V jeho rozsáhlém parku můžeme potkat krotké stádo daňků.
V současné době byl zámek v restituci vrácen šlechtické rodině Hildprantů, je přístupný veřejnosti a jeho návštěvu můžu rozhodně doporučit.
I rewarded @jjprac entry with some extra upvote. Feel free to visit his blog and check out some of his other entries.
Thank you for your submissions. Have a great day and keep on Steeming!
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What you must visit while in Prague:
Prague Castle is the most beautiful place, everyone should have there, a kind of Prague Kremlin:
A lot of my friends played a wedding in Prague and did a photo session in Prague Castle. I visited him both in the afternoon and in the evening; I cannot describe my delight with words.
Pay attention to the changing of the guard. No matter what signs you pay attention to them, they will not pay attention to you.
In the back streets of Prague Castle (narrow streets) there are many restaurants for every taste.
Further walking along the center you will get to the Cathedral of St. Vitus. Fabulous beautiful building.
Walking around Prague, there is no need to hurry and you should definitely go to the Old Town Square. That's where the beauty is unrealistic.
Old Town Hall, one of the most popular tourist attraction.
I really like Prague. Each small street opens new historic buildings. Walking along the embankment of the Vltava River and turning at the intersection of Stepanska and Na Rybnicka streets in the Prague district of Nowe Mestoia, I saw a small Catholic church of St. Wojciech. The church was erected by the Czech king Karel I of Luxembourg in the middle of the XIV century.
Petrin Lookout Tower, Hradcany St. Vitus (+st.Wenceslas and st.Adalbert)Cathedral, Straka´s Academy, View from Troja Botanical Garden (magnified)
I wrote yesterday that interesting views from the Botanical Gardens are offered. The Straka´s Academy was originally built at the end of the 19th century as a student dorm for sons of poor Czech nobles. It is currently the seat of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic.
The Charles Bridge is a must see tourist attraction. It is a stone gothic bridge over the Vitava River which connects the Old Town to the Lesser Town. It was commissioned by King Charles IV in the 14th century. It is about 600 metres across and there is no vehicular access. There are 30 baroque type statues on the bridge depicting saints and patron saints. I understand they are replicas with the originals displayed d elsewhere. Also plenty of very musicians and artists. It does get very crowded but well worth the experience.
Dancing on the Rasin Riverbank, this singular piece of modern architecture symbolizes the dancing pair of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. The angled glass tower was meant to resemble Rogers and the concrete tower her partner Astaire. The famed architects Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic designed the building in the 1990's, with the interiors by Czech designer Eva Jiiricna.
While we did not enter the building, the exterior view at night was magical.
Inside of st. vitus cathedral
The exterior decoration is also beautiful, but the interior is also very beautiful, with many stained glass pieces. In front of the famous Mucha's stained glass, you can see immediately because there are more people than others.
Prague Castle
It's very big, practically a city inside the huge walls. It is not a castle like that of the stories one imagines. No. It's a huge city, with giant buildings, ancient churches and thousands of nooks and crannies. You have to go with time and desire to walk. It is worth arriving from the funicular and also walking. We went twice in fact. In some sectors you have to pay entrance, as in the street of gold.
The Vrtba Garden
The garden is really beautiful. It is quiet and there is no noise from the adjacent street. There is an entrance fee, but it is worth a visit. Beautiful views of Prague and Prague Castle.
The john lennon wall has become a graffiti wall for everything and anyone can leave its mark on it, provided it has a spray paint. The wall is renewed every day, more correctly every night, so that what was yesterday will no longer be found today. Hundreds of tourists visit the site and take pictures of it day and night. The wall is close to Charles Bridge making it accessible near the center of Prague.
World Heritage City Cesky Krumlov. The historical area surrounding the castle is surrounded by a large number of restaurants, cute grocery stores, and galleries surrounding the central square, and the view from the tower of the castle is a superb view. I would like to stay here.