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 Castle gates by littlesam1 Prague Castle sits high on hill overlooking the city of Prague. The castle can been seen from almost anywhere in the city. The Castle gates pictured here are crowned with copies of the Fighting Giants from the 18th century by Ignaz Platzer. The actual history of Prague was started at this historical site in the 9th century. Today the castle contains the seat of the President of the Republic. Also within the castle walls is the beautiful St. Vitas Cathedral. There is a changing of the guard each hour at the gates. You can spend several hours walking along inside the gates of the castle. My misfortune was to run out of film for my camera after entering the castle. When I added my new role it did not load properly and I lost an entire roll of pictures taken inside the castle. Leave a Comment Directions: Prague Castle
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 Soldiers parade by St Vitus Cathedral by dabidc There is an advantage in rising early and getting to the popular tourist places early before the crowds arrive. the parade took place at about 9.30 in Jrske square, which is at the east end of St Vitus' Cathedral, in the Castle grounds. This was to be the venue for visiting over the next 2 hours and for taking photos of the area. St Vitus' Cathedral is the largest in the Czech Republic and construction started in the 14th Century with completion in the 20th Century. The Cathedral is in the third courtyard of the castle grounds, with St the Old Royal Palace and St George's Convent sharing the Jrske Square at the east end of the Cathedral. The entrances to the Cathedral are from the Third Courtyard , the main entrance is to the north and the other entrance is below the tower on the south side. Leave a Comment Address: Prgaue castle just east of Hradcanske SquareDirections: Prague Castle, visible from most of the Old City is above Mala Strana , just follow the winding streets up from St Charles Bridge.
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 Larry and the Royal Guard by littlesam1 The Royal Guards stand just outside the gates of Prague Castle. Unlike the Royal Guards in other cities you are actually able to stand close to them for pictures. I can imagine the poor guards must get weary of posing for pictures here with thousands of tourists trying to original and stand by them for pictures. But I could not resist the opportunity and became one of those thousands. Leave a Comment Directions: Prague Castle
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 Going on Guard. by dabidc At set times through the day there is a changing of the guard and this is done in a formal manner, with a parade bringing in two new guards and leaving with the two guards that have done their shift. Leave a Comment Directions: Prague Castle. The guards are changed at both entrances, the west entrance from Hradcanske Square, and the north entrance from Milady Horakove and the Royal Garden
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 Changing the Guard - normaly hourly change, Prague by easyoar, 4 more photos The Castle Guards are changed every hour, in this case there are just a few soldiers that march in, swap over sentry duty and then march off again. However once a day, there is a much larger display. I have posted several pictures here, some show the basic guard change-over, but most are pictures of the much larger and much longer display that occurs once a day – if memory serves me well, this is at midday. If you want to watch the midday show, make sure you start to take up position at least ten minutes early if you want a good view. You will probably get a better view if you get yourself into the castle square rather than outside the gates. For the normal hourly display, being outside the gates is best. Leave a Comment Directions: Prague Castle
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 Heckling the Guards by easyoar The Czech Girls do seem to enjoy hassling the guards. I missed the best shot here where these three girls really were getting quite amorous with the poor guard, but I got this shot just after whilst they were posing more formally! I’m assuming that the Czech Guards have to stand to attention (no pun intended!) and not smile at all for the whole hour they are on sentry duty – this is what the British Soldiers have to do in London. These girls are of course doing everything possible to distract him, and despite making him look rather uncomfortable, he is sticking to his duty admirably! Leave a Comment Directions: Prague Castle
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The changing guards at the castle is a nice ritual to see but you have to wait in a fine place to see it, otherwise the crowed won't let you see anything. With the advice of my VT friend Martin, i stayed on the top of the stairs and i could take some pics. Well, then when i leaved the castle i had the chance to take some near pics. Leave a Comment Directions: Prague Castle
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 Castle Guard by dabidc I doubt if many of the soldiers enjoy being on guard duty when they are stationed at the Castle. Who has the patience to stand there at attention while hundreds of people walk past, free to enjoy the day and take innumerable photos and videos of the soldiers on guard duty. Congratulations to them all for their patience Leave a Comment Directions: Prague Castle. The entrance on the north side is from U Pransneho Mostu and is close to the Castle Picture Gallery. The walk passes the Royal Garden.
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 Hrad Castle Guards - Prague by codrutz Changing guard on a castle is always a very tasted moment. Tried to capture them in motion, but they were very serious about that and did not pose 'eyes-wide-shut' for my camera :) Interesting how everybody else but them freezes and stares at the poor guys :) Leave a Comment Directions: Prague Castle
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by Imbi At the gate, you could see two beautifully uniformed sentries standing alert without getting impress from thousands of tourist taking there photo and staring them. My question if I could make a photo was answered by an almost imperceptible blink. Rain or shine they are standing there. Leave a Comment
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