This is a detail of an ancient gate to the castle.You can smell a breath of history.
Entirely unique is the original decoration of wall paintings dating back to the 14th century, collection of 129 panel paintings by Master Theodoric in the Chapel of the Holy Cross (the world largest if its kind), the largest portrait gallery of Czech rulers in the country, exhibited replica of St. Wenceslas crown - the coronation crown of the Czech Kings as well as the unique castle well.
From my sketchbook (in the castle is forbidden taking a photography) you can see wooden statue of St.Nicholaus made personally by Charles IV with lead glass behind, rare vase from emperor´s private bedroom , or drawing of replica Czech crown,original is pure gold with gems and pearls and with torn from Jesus´s crown, weight is about 2.5 kg. Replica is from gold coated silver , but it is still gorgeous view.
You can see panoramatic view of several halls and rooms in this castle , look for symbol of eye on this web site
2 comments:
This is all so interesting Jan! There is so much history and things to see there. WOW. Thanks you so much for posting it. It is way beyond anything I have ever seen.
It's so nice to have sketches as well as photos as a record of what you saw - the drawings have such a lot of character. Lovely
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