I go to the old East and now up and coming area for visitors with plenty to see and do, I found me again pictures not in my blog and they should me think, Do read my other posts on it, Therefore, here is some spots in the Czech Republic and Prague in particular, Let me tell you about the curiosities of Prague, part II !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.
The Štorch’s House is located on the Old Town Square . The building was built in Renaissance style decorated with frescoes and portraits from the end of the 19C representing Saint Venceslas on a horse, The current Štorch’s house was built in 1896-1897 for publisher Alexander Štorch in Gothic style. The frescoes depict Jan Amos Komenský, the writing monk, the coat of arms of the Czech Kingdom, the coat of arms of the capital city of Prague, a stork as Storch’s emblem and others. Above the entrance is a statue of the Madonna, around the bay window are statues of the evangelists. The house burned down during the Prague Uprising in 1945 and was restored in 1948. Further modifications took place in 1972, 1986-1987 and 1993.
The Church of Saint Clement (Klimenta) is likely that the church is the oldest known shrine on the right bank of the Vltava river in Prague and that this is probably one of the oldest churches of the Climation initiation in Bohemia, The Cuminant Constantine and Methodius, who came to Moravia in 863, brought the remains they believed that they belonged to the former Bishop of Clement of Roman, who was once drowned in the Crimea as a martyr for his faith , The church ,the origin of which needs to be from the beginning of the 11C. When the Dominicans came to the climate in 1226, they were given to them in the use of the Christian church, which has been here for at least two hundred years. At that time it became the Church of the Reformed Prague Corps, and later the Church of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, established in 1918 by the merger of Czech Evangelicals of the Helvet and Augsburg Concession., The church has undergone several reconstructions, with the oldest visible and accessible part of the church is its presbytery, dating from the 14C. On the south side of the church was discovered a Gothic sedile with profiled lining and Renaissance fresco ; it turned out that there was another painting under it. It was decided to remove the fresco. Below it appeared a Gothic painting depicting three angels carrying draperia.The valuable discovery was the remnants of murals with the motifs of the passion scenes ,Jesus’ entrance to Jerusalem, his crucifixion and resurrection. But only the torsion of paintings have been preserved. They are dated to the period of top development of Gothic painting in Bohemia, ie to 1800.
The New Mill Water Tower was built in the Baroque style in 1658 on what remained of the original Renaissance tower, destroyed by a flood in 1655. It supplied water to the lower New Town of Prague and served its original purpose until 1877.The tower is deemed to be Prague’s earliest lookout tower, thanks to the observation room on the top floor. The Tower has undergone a complete renovation, and now houses an exhibition about Prague’s fires in the past and a history of Prague’s fire-fighters. In the picture below see the Church St Clement on the left and the new mill water tower on the right.
The Evangelical Church Saint Clement of Prague : https://kliment.evangnet.cz/
The Anglican Church in the Czech Republic on the church : https://anglican.cz/about-us/the-church-at-klimentska-5/
The official Prague tourist office on the New Mill Water Tower : https://www.prague.eu/en/object/places/2858/new-mill-water-tower-novomlynska-vodarenska-vez
Jan Hus, religious reformer immolated for his opinions at the Council of Constance, in 1196, The central figure of Master Hus is surrounded by a group of statues symbolizing « the fighters of God » inaugurated in 1915, was the opposite of the Catholic symbol represented by the column Baroque Marian church which was located in the center of the Old Town Square or Staroměstské náměstí ,The memorial is an imposing rock, can’t missed it.
The EkoExpress little train departs from the Old Town square every half an hour between the Jan Hus statue and Cartier jewellers , The tour is almost 10 km long and it takes you around Prague’s most stunning historical monuments. It runs daily from March to November .The official Eko Express little train : https://www.ekoexpres.cz/en/
The Prague Airport Shuttle between Prague-Ruzyne Airport and the center of Prague by V Celnici Street operates daily from 7h30 to 19h every 30 minutes. Travelers can board in front of the arrival halls: Terminal 1, exit F and Terminal 2, exit E. The Prague airport shuttle is provided by the CEDAZ company using comfortable air-conditioned buses with seats for everyone. Indeed a very nice ride. The official Cedaz: https://cedaz.czechtrade.us/prague-airport-shuttle
The Nadrazi train station has a wonderful stop for tramways line C , The tramway network has 135 km of tracks and 22 lines daytime and 9 lines nighttime, The tramway line 91 is a touristic tram that works during weekends and holidays between 12h and 17h from March to November,
The D1 motorway is the main highway of the Czech Republic. Currently it connects the two biggest Czech cities, Prague and Brno; It is 366 km (227.4 mi) long
The wonderfully nice Benzina Stop Café 2.0 is the biggest network of service stations in the Czech Republic. We stopped here somewhere on the D1 highway,
The official Prague tourist office : https://www.prague.eu/en
The unofficial Prague tourist information site : https://www.praguecitytourism.cz/en
The Czech Republic tourist office on Prague: https://www.visitczechia.com/en-US/Destinations/Prague
There you go folks, beautiful Prague, especially in district 1 with plenty of m onuments to see and wonderful roads into the countryside, A wonderful city to walk and see the beautiful architecture and history, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the curiosities of Prague, part II !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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