July 11, 2013 @ Olomouc, Czech Republic



Olomouc lies astride the Morava River


It was the capital of Moravia until 1641


St. Gorazd Church


Klasterni Hradisko


St. Wenceslas Cathedral


A thousand-year-old cathedral


Pretty interior


The holy relics of Saint Jan Sarkander are interred within


Archdiocesan Museum & St. Anne*s Chapel


Dominates the city*s skyline with the tallest spire in Moravia


Statue of St. John of Nepomuk


Museum of National History and Geography


Tritons* Fountain


Museum of Modern Art


The Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow


Tram


St. Moritz* Church


A beautifully preserved gothic church dating from 1398


Mercury*s Fountain


Olomouc Town Hall


Holy Trinity Column


UNESCO World Heritage Site #327


The renaissance Olomouc Town Hall


Heroules* Fountain


One of only two astronomical clocks in the country


The other is in Prague


Homi namesti


Arion*s Fountain


FF riding a tortoise!


Beautiful façade


Caesar*s Fountain


West side of Olomouc Town Hall


Neptune*s Fountain


Dolni namesti


Jupiter*s Fountain


St. Michael*s Church


Neo-Baroque reconstruction in 1892-1898


Surprised by its amazing interior since exterior was so-so



Old city wall


Mating?


New construction


High rise near the train station


Olomouc Main Station


Homi namesti