Prague June 2026 Day 1
I wasn’t prepared for the magnitude of Prague Castle and the St Vitus Cathedral.
All photographs taken on an iPhone.
Katedrála sv. Víta Link
A gothic cathedral that is the resting place of St Wenceslas and St Adalbert, this photo or the ones taken outside in the square do not do this cathedral and the surrounding buildings any justice at all.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/5952 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Archiv Pražského hradu & Starý královský palác Link
The Archive of the Prague Castle, came into being in 1920 following the break up of the Austro-Hungarian empire at the conclusion of World War One and disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. That family must have felt immortal until suddenly they were not. The Old Royal Palace seems remarkably practical, especially the jousting hall.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/7194 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Starbucks Coffee Link
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/2933 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Parapet I, Kostel Panny Marie Vítězné a Pražské Jezulátko Link
A view across Prague with the domes of the Church of Our Lady Victorious and The Infant Jesus visible above the buildings in the foreground while in the distance is Basilica of Saint Peter & Saint Paul and the Žižkov Television Tower.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/3106 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Parapet II Link
A quadrangle behind the Činžovní Palác.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/3205 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Parapet III Link
A view of Starbucks and behind that a couple of hotels and part of the Lobkowicz Garden.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/2105 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
The following set were taken within the St. Vitus Cathedral, the cathedral was very busy so I took what I could.
Katedrála sv. Víta, I Link
Even though it was overcast outside, the combination of colours and reflections of polished marble were surprising
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Katedrála sv. Víta, II Link
A resting place for archbishops and cardinals, Antonín Podlaha (1865-1932), František Kordač (1852-1934), Karel Kašpar (1870-1941), František Tomášek (1899-1992), Miloslav Vlk (1932-2017) and Dominik Duka (1943-2025)
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/67 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Katedrála sv. Víta, III Link
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/105 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Katedrála sv. Víta, IV Link
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Katedrála sv. Víta, Panel I Link
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/39 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Katedrála sv. Víta, Panel II Link
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/41 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Carved Wooden Crucifix, by František Bílek Link
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/52 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Pulpit Link
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/95 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Baptism of Christ by St John Link
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Cardinal Bedřich (Friedrich) Schwarzenberg - Josef Václav Myslbek Link
Funerary monument to Cardinal Bedřich (Friedrich) Schwarzenberg, 27th Archbishop of Prague
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
TRIVMPHVS CHRISTI Link
Post haec vidi turbam magnam - Revelation 7:9
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/69 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Mary visits her kinswoman Elisabeth - Luke 1:39-56 Link
A visitation altar.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
![Shrine to St Vitus, Martyr. 'The tomb of Saint Vitus, Martyr, erected by Charles IV, ever-august [Emperor] of the Romans, King of Bohemia. In the Year of the Lord 1355.' -- Claude used for translation](/cities/europe/prague-june-2026-1/st_vitus_hu_3d358225c78f61ee.jpeg)
Shrine to St Vitus, Martyr Link
‘The tomb of Saint Vitus, Martyr, erected by Charles IV, ever-august [Emperor] of the Romans, King of Bohemia. In the Year of the Lord 1355.’ – Claude used for translation
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
St John of Nepomuk Link
St. John of Nepomuk was a priest, the vicar-general of the Archbishop of Prague. King Wenceslas IV ordered that he be thrown from the Charles Bridge into the Vltava river where he drowned in 1393.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
A side chapel in the style of the Nazarene movement Link
Depictions of the life of a saint.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Light as the divine Link
Ogival arches, clustered piers, and ribbed vaults direct the eye upward towards God and also to the shields of Bohemia and the territories tied to it. Just in case folks needed reminding of who ruled what.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/92 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Count Leopold Schlick (1663–1723) Link
A man of war and vigilance by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Matthias Bernard Braun.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
![Georg (Jiří) Popel of Lobkowicz. Deo Optimo Maximo, "To God, the Best and Greatest" "To Georg Popel, Baron of Lobkowicz, lord in Dux (Duchcov) and Schreckenstein (Střekov), councillor to the most sacred Emperor Rudolf II, judge of the Court of Appeals in Bohemia [and] president of the realm, who his life passed with distinction in piety and virtue died in the year 1590, on the 11th day of September. Adam Gallus Popel of Lobkowicz, grieving, set this up for his own brother. He lived 34 years, 6 months…" .. Translation by Claude](/cities/europe/prague-june-2026-1/popel_hu_d4668460b7175551.jpeg)
Georg (Jiří) Popel of Lobkowicz Link
Deo Optimo Maximo, “To God, the Best and Greatest” “To Georg Popel, Baron of Lobkowicz, lord in Dux (Duchcov) and Schreckenstein (Střekov), councillor to the most sacred Emperor Rudolf II, judge of the Court of Appeals in Bohemia [and] president of the realm, who his life passed with distinction in piety and virtue died in the year 1590, on the 11th day of September. Adam Gallus Popel of Lobkowicz, grieving, set this up for his own brother. He lived 34 years, 6 months…” .. Translation by Claude
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
svatá Anežka Česká Link
“St. Agnes of Bohemia, pray for your people and native land.” Daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia who turned down royal marriages to become a nun. St. Agnes was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 12 November 1989, five days before the Velvet Revolution began. The timing was important.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/56 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
PRAHA MATKA MĚST Link
Prague, Mother of Cities. The greater coat of arms sits above a baroque painting of martyrdom.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/61 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Prague Castle Coffee Link
Actually it wasn’t too bad :)
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/910 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026
Evening in Prague Link
Looking for somewhere to have dinner.
Details
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 15
- Lens
- iPhone 15 back dual wide camera 5.96mm f/1.6
- Focal
- 6.0 mm
- Aperture
- f/1.6
- Shutter
- 1/1017 s
- Taken
- 1 June 2026