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Czech
Republic
Photographed and presented by
Music: W. A. Mozart,
Jair (Yair) Moreshet, 2008
Clarinet Trio in E Flat Major, K. 498, Allegro
Historical monumental Prague:
The Old Town square as observed from the Old Town Hall tower
Old Town Hall, the very heart of historical romantic Prague
Old Town Hall, a crowd of tourists await the hourly “show” of the old astronomical clock
The exhibition
Spanish Synagogue
shows the is
Jews’
named
contributions
for its beautiful
to theMoorish
general style.
culture, the science, and the state, and
It hasfate
their
an exhibition
under the about
Nazis.the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia, both under the Austrian Empire and in
the independent Czechoslovakia.
The Jewish
quarter: Just
an apartment
building
The
dense
Jewish
final resting
place oftothe
16th century
scholar
philosopher
The old
Hebrew
term
and cemetery,
the notion the
of “Golem”
propagated
European
cultures
andand
in modern
Rabbi
Loewit(“Maharal”),
who created
the legendary
Golem
of Prague.--The
mighty
dumb)
technology
stands for powerful
but dumb
man-created
mechanisms
Robots
and(but
Computers.
Golem was presumably capable of defending the Jewish community from a pogrom.
Prague: The Castle District and the Lower Town
The medieval Charles Bridge and the Old Town
A permanent stream of tourists flock across the medieval Charles Bridge
This Crucifix is the oldest of the many Baroque statues decorating the medieval Charles Bridge.
The Hebrew words in gold mean “Holy, Holy, Holy Lord”
The gate to the Lower Town from the Charles Bridge
Trumpeters on the gate to the Lower Town welcoming the tourists
Prague, the Castle District: St. Vitus’s Cathedral
Castle District: The picturesque “Golden Lane” was built originally for the guards of the Prague
Castle and became home to artists and writers, Franz Kafka among them.
Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), the historic elegant spa resort town
The medieval town of Loket
Ceske Budejovice
(Budweis):
One of the
beautiful buildings
surrounding the
town square
Ceske Budejovice: Town Hall on the town square (the biggest square in the country)
The picturesque and “juicy” castle city of Cesky Krumlov has preserved its medieval
identity as no other town in the region. It is on the UNESCO list of world heritage.
The medieval town of Telč
Olomouc is the
capital of Moravia
and its oldest
town.
The Holy Trinity
Column Baroque
monument on the
main square is on
the UNESCO list
of World Heritage
Sites.
Olomouc: The Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow
Olomouc:
The Romanesque Bishop’s Palace (Přemyslid Palace)
Olomouc:
St. Wenceslas cathedral