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Charles Bridge (Czech: Karlů) is a famous historical bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of 15th century. As the only means of crossing the river Vltava (Moldau), the Charles Bridge used to be the most important connection between the Old Town, Prague Castle and adjacent areas until 1841. Also this 'solid-land' connection made Prague important as a trade route between east and west Europe. The bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenný most) or the Prague Bridge (Pražský most) but has been the "Charles Bridge" since 1870.
The bridge is 516 meters long and nearly 10 meters wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two of them on the Lesser Quarter side and the third one on the Old Town side. The Old Town bridge tower is often considered to be one of the most astonishing civil gothic-style buildings in the world. The bridge is decorated by a continuous alley of 30 statues and statuaries, most of them baroque-style, erected around 1700. 220 images at focal length of 400mm, at ISO 200, F8, 1/125, in the morning at 6:30 Any commercial use or publication of the image, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization of the copyright holder is strictly prohibited. |
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Another gigapixel from the roof of the Corinthia Towers hotel. This was done later in the morning - about 9am. |
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My first "real" large image mosaic. Shot in about one hour, standing in the rain. Prague has a few locations in its surrounding hills with a lovely vantage point of the prague skyline. From here you can see most of the Old Town (Stare Mesto) and a good part of New Town (Nove Mesto) as well as the Little Quarter (Mala Strana) to the right, and the Castle district (Hradcany). |
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Flickr picture at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11984823@N02/4065020409/sizes/o/ |
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The Old Town Square is the oldest and most important square of the historical Prague. It is surrounded with historical buildings such as the Old Town City Hall with the famous Astronomical Clock, the imposing St. Nicholas Church and Church of Our Lady before Tyn, and many houses and palaces of various architectural styles and colourful history. It has been a centre of Prague Old Town since the middle ages, when it was a market place at the crossing of European merchants´ roads.
360° panorama, 190 pictures at focal length of 110mm Best viewed with Google Earth or HD View http://www.gigapanbot.de/hdview/prague.htm |
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A simple idea which I wanted to do for years, and then finally did, last christmas day actually :-)
It worked, but I need to stitch it better... |
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Nice view from Vysehrad to old part of Prague |
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This was a fully automatic shoot with the GigaPanBot from the balcony at FAMU (University of Film and Photography), Prague during the panotools meeting.
On the right hand side: Prague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad) where the Czech kings, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The Czech Crown Jewels are kept here. Prague Castle is one of the biggest castles in the world (according to Guinness Book of Records the biggest ancient castle [1]) at about 570 meters in length and an average of about 130 meters wide. St. Vitus's Cathedral which is the largest and the most important church in Prague. Apart from divine services the coronations of Czech kings and queens also took place in it. The remains of provincial patron saints, sovereigns, noblemen and archbishops are interred here. The Charles Bridge is only partially visible, but you can have a better view on the Charles Bridge here: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7648 In the middle on top of the Petrin Hill you can see the Lookout Tower - Prague's Eiffel Tower. 299 stairs to climb in order to get on top of the 60 meters high tower on Petrin Hill. There is a cable-railway leading on top of the hill if you don't want to climb the hill. On the left hand side the Most Legii Bridge, from there you can have a beautiful view on the Caste and the Charles Bridge. 6 rows of each 66 images @ focal length of 600mm with Zuiko lens (70-300) and Olympus E-520 at ISO 200, F8, 1/640 |