Tag: prague
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302 | Bridges :: Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
I often get Prague and Budapest confused. Both cities are adorned with beautiful bridges that connect two sides of the city, with brightly colored buildings lining up the riverside.
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274 | From Up Here :: Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
Up on the roof of the old church in Prague, love all the red roofs.
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244 | Fences :: Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
OK it’s technically not a fence but it was the first to show up when I searched for it and it was just too pretty to pass up. Found on one of the many bridges in Prague.
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223 | Looking Up :: Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
Went on a David Černý pilgrimage in Prague and took us a while to find this Statue of King Wenceslas Riding an Upside-Down Dead Horse. It was hidden in this tiny shopping center/office building and if you didn’t look up, you might just miss it. Artists are weird.
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087 | Dolls :: Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
So these are also technically not dolls, but I loved these shapeless faceless mannequins! There’s something special about faceless dolls. It evokes curiosity, even though you know that it’s lifeless, you can’t help assign some kind of personality to it. It makes you wonder that, if she had a face, would she be smiling? Or…
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079 | Windows :: Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
Loved these colorful, Picasso-esque window monsters on the sidewalk next to the Vltava River.
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032 | Music, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
This is the Rudolfinum, home to the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Galerie Rudolfinum, a contemporary art gallery. It sits on one side of the famous Chain Bridge, and with its stern facade looks rather like a municipal administrative building. In fact it had been repurposed as such after World War I, when the newly creative Czechoslovakia used it…