Below is the right (east) bank of the Vltava from the east end of Charles Bridge on the left, south to the National Theater on the right. The Vltava has several small dams across it as it passes through Praha. One is visible in this picture.
Below is the National Theater in the Nově Město, or the "New Town" district of Praha. This area of Praha was founded in 1348...maybe this is where Einstein got the idea of all things in time being relative??
Below is Masarykovo Nábřeží (Masarykovo Street) just down (continuing to the right in the picture above) from the National Theater. From what I could see most of these buildings were businesses on the ground floor with living quarters on the other floors. What a great place to live
Praha Castle above Legií Bridge.
The front of one of the buildings near the end of the row of buildings in the picture above. The architecture of each one was quite intricate.
The building below is the Tančící Dům (Dancing House). It was built in the mid-1990s by the American architect Frank Gehry. It fits right in with the rest of the structures...doesn't it?? There was actually some controversy about that when it was built. The building is a little bit further down Masarykovo Street from the buildings in the pictures above, and across the street from the east end of Jiráskův Most (Jiráskův Bridge). It is called the dancing house because shape of the building resembles a couple dancing, especially after you've had a few beers.
2018-03-06