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Prague - Old Town


Prague - Old Town
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Copyright: Adrian Rusu (roges) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 521 W: 0 N: 981] (4896)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-28
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-09-30 11:21
Viewed: 253
Points: 52
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Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.

Situated on the River Vltava in central Bohemia, Prague has been the political, cultural, and economic centre of the Czech state for more than 1100 years. For many decades during the Gothic and Renaissance eras, Prague was the seat of two Holy Roman Emperors and thus was also the capital of the Holy Roman Empire.

Today, the city proper is home to more than 1.2 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 1.9 million.

Since 1992, the extensive historic centre of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Nicknames for Prague have included "the mother of cities", "city of a hundred spires" and "the golden city".

The name Prague comes from an old Slavic root, praga, which means “ford”, referring to the city's origin at a crossing of the Vltava River. This root is found in other toponyms in the region. For example, two riverside districts of Warsaw bear the name of Praga as well.

The native name of the city, Praha, is also related to the modern Czech word práh, which means “threshold”: A legendary etymology connects the name of the city with Libuše, prophetess and a wife of mythical founder of the Přemyslid dynasty. She is said to have ordered "the city to be built where a man hews a threshold of his house."

Czech "práh", the "threshold", shall be understood here as to be in the river, rapids or cataract: its edge as a passage to the other river side.

Contrary, although there are a few weirs nowadays, there was not discovered any such geological threshold in the river under the Prague Castle. Thus some derive the name "Phaha" from the stone of the hill, where the original castle was built: "na prazě", the original term for shale rock. In those days, there were forests around the Castle, on the nine hills of the future city: the Old Town on the other river bank as well as the Lesser Town underneath the Castle appeared later.

The name "Praha" was originally related to the Castle.
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  • chendis Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 522 W: 199 N: 738] (5221)
  • [2009-09-30 11:26]
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Bravos mestre :)
nu mai am puncte :)
dar ai zis ca nu conteaza si ai dreptate oricum nu sunt de ajuns
imi place arhitectura imi place atmosfera
poate trebuia putin mai multa luminozitate dar o sa zici ca am mofturi asa ca ma multumesc cu ce vad :)))
O seara faina Adi!
De la Brasov....stii tu cine :)

Adrian
Cred ca ai reusit o captura de exceptie!
Praga ramane unul din cele mai frumoase orase din Europa!
La fel ca si poza ta de azi!!!
Mariana

Olá Adrian

Bela foto, belos detalhes arquitetônicos.
Bonita composição e cores agradáveis.
Belo céu também...
Parabéns
GA
Vera

Bonjour Adrian
Jolie ville , bien cadréee et tres colorée.Il me semble cependant que l'image manque un peu de "brillance"; j'essaie d'en rajouter en WS
Bonne soirée
Henri

Hello Adrian.
A wonderful capture of the Old Town, with good colour, sharpness & lighting, and a nice blue/white sky. Tfs!
Best regards Siegfried

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  • vanda Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 245 W: 0 N: 253] (1730)
  • [2009-09-30 12:42]

Ciao Adrian.
Bellissima immagine di Praga.
Ottimo il punto di vista. Bei colori soft ed eccellenti dettagli.
Ciao. Vanda
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P.S. Ho visitato Praga diversi anni fa. La ricordo con piacere: splendida città!

Ciao Adrian, splendid view of fantastic architecture, wonderful composition full of life, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • harpya Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5710 W: 197 N: 2480] (9773)
  • [2009-09-30 13:35]

Ciao Adrian


Splendid symmetry, wonderful church in background,
one a lot of the lovely buildings in Prague.
The houses in front of the architectural church is nice to see.
Very well done, A wonderful capture

Best regards,

Sergio

Hi, Adrian. Nice job of capturing this architectural gem. Good lighting, POV , sharpness and a very informative note.

Hi Adrian,
You really make me happy with this picture. A fine view of this great city. Fine colours and brightness. Only a shame you didn´t lowered your camera a bit to show more of the market. Anyway a great posting.
Hans

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2498 W: 56 N: 3862] (17484)
  • [2009-09-30 15:19]

Witaj Adrian,
Praga ma swoje ladne strony architektury i Ty to bardzo ladnie ukazales w piknej symetri. Podoba mi sie wykonanie.
Pozdrawiam.
Janusz

Hi Adrian,
Excellent point of view and great old architecture of Prague, great colors and light,
nice note and details,
very well done.
Michel

Merhaba Adrian
Very nice city scene and perspective
Great historical building and architectural details
Thanks for the note
Burak

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  • AKITA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1027 W: 81 N: 66] (12366)
  • [2009-10-01 0:18]

dear Adrian,
a little nostalgic feeling in this picture is nice,
the church beyond the houses looks like a magical castle in tales,
and fore houses are lovely like miniature houses,
the market and people are cheerful.
thank you for your joyful shot of the old city,
Akihisa

Hi Adrian,

An impressive scen capture from Prague. Great POV, nice composition.
TFS and cheers,

Bayram

Buena toma, excelente panoramica , impresionante las torres, buena profundidad, y encuadre, abrazos

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  • Fons Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1299 W: 2 N: 202] (15602)
  • [2009-10-01 2:18]

very beautiful picture and
couleurfull

Hello,
Lovely postcard from Prague!
Excellent POV and great composition.
TFS

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1295 W: 0 N: 2562] (20677)
  • [2009-10-01 2:40]

Hello,

mangigique iamge de Prague, quelle architecture, tous ces clocher qui filents dans ce beau ciel, une merveille.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

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  • john1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 177 W: 0 N: 195] (1582)
  • [2009-10-01 4:55]

Hello Adrian,

Excellent framing of this city and its steeples
very beautiful colors and architecture, light and depth of field is wonderful.
Very good work and good composition.
Good day.
john

Hello Adrian,
Well balanced composition , nice cloudy BG
I think contrast should be increased. Any way I love it.
TFS
Selahattin E

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  • GLJ Gold Star Critiquer [C: 56 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2009-10-01 7:10]

Bonjour Adrian
Très belle place colorée et toutes ces teintes s'accordent bien avec le ciel.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
gildas

Hi Adrian!
very nice composition of this impressive building...
nice color of the sky, great sharpness of the building...
great presentation
tfs
regards,
Alper

Impresionante Catedral bien encuadrada y contrastando con los otros edificios tanto en color como en tamaño
Buen trabajo
un saludo

Hi Adrian
WOW very nice dude
good show of old-town of Praga.
take care my friend
Riste

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4764] (21697)
  • [2009-10-01 11:59]

Hi Adrian...

A beautiful capture of the Old Town of Prague..!
Excellently done - fantastic details, sharpness and colors.
Well done.
Best regards,
George

E superba catedrala asta din Praga,la fel ca si orasul.Neaparat va trebui sa-mi fac timp si sa vizitez si eu locurile astea.Salutari prietenesti.Alin.

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