Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: ruin

Here's another attempt at getting an interior shot into Tepla. I was using my cameraphone because my film speed that day wasn't fast enough, but still I'm not more enlightened. It just looks like ruins, puddles, and a general mess. Only the shell of the building, and some windows and signage, seem to have survived.

This bay was interesting. It looks like it was meant for a rail vehicle, yet there isn't any rail connection on the street or across the street, nor any room to turn a typical rail vehicle. Can anybody explain this? Also, there doesn't seem to be any provision for unloading, or any room for a rail vehicle of practical size.

Here's a few of the front entrance and sign on "Tepla."

This factory has signs on it saying "Tepla," which suggests that it was a heating plant of some kind, which seems odd for a town as small as Nachod. I've been looking for further information, and haven't had much luck. One thing I was wondering is whether the factory produced heaters, but the buildings are basically ruins now, so it's hard to tell.

Hrad Pecka is the castle for the small town of Pecka. Notice the red soil in the fields. That's typical for this region of Bohemia, Kralovehradeckem Kraj, and rarely found anywhere else in the world, at least according to my Czech travelling companions. The town dates back at least to 1322, although I was unable to locate much historical information except for here: www.obec-pecka.cz/page_uk.php?p=uvod

Here's an alternate shot of the castle ruins with what I think are semi-interesting shadows on the ground. :-)

Dating to the early 14th Century, in 1830 Hrad Pecka was destroyed by fire. It was never of national significance, but for a time it was home to Christopher (Krystof) Harant of Polzice and Bezdruzice (1564 – 1621), a significant renaissance nobleman, traveller, musician, writer and politician, according to the castle's website www.hradpecky.cz .