Prague June 2026 Day 2
A quick half day’s visit to the Charles bridge before starting the trip back home.
Photographs taken on an iPhone.
Old Town, Prague 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
- 1/2288 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
Staroměstská mostecká věž - Petr Parléř Link
Old Town Bridge Tower, designed by German architect Peter Parler, (Peter von Gemünd, 1333 - 1399) who also designed the St Vitus Cathedral
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
- 1/4082 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
Národní divadlo and Lichtenštejnský palác Link
From the Charles Bridge (Karlův most) with a view of the National Theatre and Liechtenstein Palace as it crosses the Vltava from the old town bank of the river
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
- 1/6711 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
A woman paints beneath Bruncvík Link
The statue of Bruncvík by Ludvík Šimek (19.1.1837 – 25.1.1886).
Bruncvík was a legendary Czech knight who is said to have won a magic sword and a loyal lion. It is his lion that you see on Bohemian heraldry.
See https://www.muzeumkarlovamostu.cz/cz/karluv-most/sochy-na-moste/bruncvik
Claude used to translate from Czech to English, summary my own.
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
- 1/844 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
svatý Jan Nepomucký (1345 - 1393) Link
St. John of Nepomuk was thrown into the river by King Wenceslaus IV after a dispute.
The legend is that John had received the Queen’s confession and refused to divulge if she was being unfaithful. The legend suggests that Wenceslaus IV had him tortured for 48 hours before throwing him in the Vltava which dried up afterwards.
Afterwards Wenceslaus left for his country estate and the Church had John buried in the cathedral while the king was out of town.
I assume this act upset things further given that Wenceslaus wanted to absorb the revenue of the Benedictine abbey of Kladruby and John opposed it.
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
- 1/4630 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
Kostel Nejsvětějšího Salvátora Link
The Church of the Most Holy Saviour
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
- 1/903 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
Pražský orloj Link
The Prague Astronomical Clock is mounted on the southern wall of the Old Town Hall in the Old Town Square. This clock dates back to 1410 and was created by horologist Mikuláš of Kadaň who was the imperial clock maker and Jan Šindel who was professor of mathematics at Charles University (U of Prague).
Some of the history gets a bit complicated because there is another story of a clockmaker called Jan Růže who was blinded on the order of the Prague Councillors.
Upset at this he disabled the clock and it remained unrepairable for 100 years.
In 2010 it celebrated its 600th anniversary and while no one was blinded the artist responsible for part of the restoration in 2018, apparently, “radically changed the appearance, ages, skin tone, dress and even genders of the figures” last illustrated by Mánes in 1866.
A clock for modern times perhaps..
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
- 1/1070 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem Link
The Church of the Mother of God before Týn was built in 14th century and replaced another Gothic church built in 1256. When completed in 1450s a statue of King George of Poděbrady (king 1458–1471) was placed in the gable beneath a huge golden chalice.
After the Battle of White Mountain (1620), a period of counter reformation saw the removal of sculptures of the heretic king and the chalice was melted down and used as a halo for a sculpture of the Virgin Mary.
In the foreground is a Mariánský sloup (Marian column) which is a column with a statue of the Virgin Mary mounted on top. The original was raised in 1650 in thanks for the defence of Prague against the Swedes in 1648, sculpted by Johann Georg Bendl (1620 - 1680). It was pulled down in 1918, days after Czechoslovak independence, so the column standing here is a replica put up in 2020.
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
- 1/5076 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
Pomník mistra Jana Husa Link
Jan Hus Memorial, a depiction of protestants being forced into exile after the Battle of White Mountain during the Thirty Years War.
It was designed by Ladislav Šaloun (1870 - 1946)
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
- 1/4082 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026
So after a quick wander around Old Town Prague we had to collect our luggage and start heading for Melbourne.
Letiště Václava Havla Praha Link
Václav Havel Airport Prague minus our plane for almost 2 hours.
Guess who had to run almost the full length of terminal three at Heathrow 😜
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
- 1/6329 s
- Taken
- 2 June 2026