Prague's Nove Mesto neighborhood, seen from the Petrin tower, looding southeast.

July 12, 2004, 4:30 pm

An ornate little chapel on the Hungry Wall, viewed from the Petrin tower, looking SE.

July 12, 2004, 4:30 pm

The bend of the Vltava, turning from northerly to easterly between Mala Strana,foreground, and the Stare Mesto/Josefov area, across the river.

July 12, 2004, Prague.

The Vltava River Valley; the view south from Prague's Petrin tower, July 12, 2004, 4:30 pm.

The hungry wall in Mala Strana, Prague.
Built in 1360 under the direction of Charles IV -- Czechia was suffering economically, and Charles hired anyone who was willing to lay stone. The people worked for their dinner, a useless wall was built, and no one felt beholden, a monument to human nature.

July 12, 2004, Prague. Petrin Park

The New Town and the giant radio tower in the distance, Prague, from the Mala Strana tower.

July 12, 2004, 4:30 pm

View northwest from the Mala Strana tower.

July 12, 2004, Prague

Far off to the north, a line of Soviet-era apartment buildings wall off the landscape. There are no tours of Soviet architechture in Prague no web sites devoted to its majesties. But... are these uglier than American Suburban kitsch? It's a close call.

July 12, 2004; Prague.

View north from the Mala Strana tower, Prague.
July 12, 2004

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