Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: wenceslas square

This shot isn't perfect (mostly a dirty scan), but I still like it well enough to upload it. This is Vaclavske Namesti, one of the centers of both new and historic entertainment in Prague, and the site of many important events in Czech history, including many political protests, and at least one battle (at the end of World War II). In the foreground you can see the statue of St. Vaclav, as in my other photos, and in the distance you can see the Mustek neighborhood and the New Yorker, a major clothing store.

Bata is one of the oldest shoe store chains in the Czech Republic, and I think this is their biggest and most important store, on Vaclavske Namesti in Prague (if I'm wrong on these points, someone please let me know). It's getting close to Christmas now, of course, so there are Christmas decorations all up and down Vaclavske Namesti.

This is the Mustek end of Vaclavske Namesti, decorated for Christmas of 2006, although Christmas is still more than a week away. The purple lights on the tree are an original touch, I think.

The Grand Hotel Europa is one of the better-known hotels in Prague, along with the Jalta and the Karluv IV, and is situated on the west side of Vaclavske Namesti. This shot is unusual in that it was one of the first black and whites that I ever shot with my Pentax MZ-10, and the first time I ever shot the 35mm version of Ilford Pan F film. I hope you like it. :-)