Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: prazky hrad

I like this Karluv Most shot even better than the one above, I would venture that this is probably my best, second best, or third best Prague shot on Facebook, and now you can see it here. :-)

This is one my favorite all-time Prague shots, taken, of course, on the Karluv Most. That's St. Vitus Cathedral and the Hradcany in the distance, of course.

I've taken a number of shots from this angle, but never uploaded any of them. This one was one of three that I took while my friend Graham was visiting and we were walking around Prague, particularly the Hradcany and Vysehrad.

Here's a variation on an earlier shot from last year that I took from the Hladova Zed, only this time I took it from one of the castle gates.

I had never stopped to watch the changing of the guard at Prague castle before, so I figured I should take few shots. I chose this one for uploading.

St. Vitus Cathedral is large enough to have several portals, but this is one of the most beautiful, I think. In real life it gleams with gold leaf (or at least I think that's what it is).

DPP 349 is one of the older trams used for the historic tram service 91 from Vystaviste-Stresovice, having been built in about 1915, if I'm not mistaken, by Ceskomoravska Kolben-Danek, or CKD.

The original St. Vitus's Cathedral dated to 925 AD, although it should be noted that none of the original Romanesque basilica remains. It was replaced in 1060 AD by a triple-naved basilica with twin steeples, and again by the current cathedral, which was built between 1344 and 1929. Most of it, however, was constructed by the Baroque period, making it the only known church that was started as a Gothic cathedral, but was Baroque by the time the bell tower was being completed!!! If you look carfully, you'll notice that the bell tower (with the copper dome and the clock) has an observation deck, too, which is open to the public. Surrounding the castle is a series of fortifications called Prazky Hrad, essentially Prague Castle, although the castle doesn't have, and has never had, a keep. It was meant to be symbolically unconquerable, as a castle wasn't considered conquered until the keep had fallen. In any case, I like this shot because of the storm clouds in the background contrasting with the sunlight on the cathedral in the foreground. It's dramatic to my eyes, anyway.

Here's a view of the Hradcany (castle mound) in Prague from across the River Vltava, which also gives us a look at the Mala Strana, or lesser quarter. The most notable landmarks in this photo other than Prazky Hrad and St. Vitus's Cathedral are the Church of St. Nicholas (on the far left), and if you can see it, one of the towers of the Karluv Most (Charles Bridge), just visible to the left of the Church.

Here's another view of St. Vitus and the Hradcany, from one of the gates of the Hladova Zed. The exposure was hard to get right when I shot it, even with five brackets, so I took the best one and burned it in Photoshop, and this is what I got.

I've seen this shot taken before, not only from here but also from the Most Legii, which actually works better because it's closer to the Hradcany. Unfortunately, the bridge is obscuring the numbers on this Tatra T3 double set.

Here's a variation on Picture 1 taken a little further back.

This one's got better clouds, better light, some tram, some bridge, and some castle. What the ...., it's a Lomo of a tram. :-)