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    Czech Republic: Photographed and Presented by Jair (Yair) Moreshet, 2008

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    This document provides photos and descriptions of various locations in the Czech Republic, including Prague, Karlovy Vary, Cesky Krumlov, Telc, and Olomouc. It highlights several historical landmarks in Prague such as the Old Town Square, Old Town Hall, Spanish Synagogue, Jewish Quarter, and Charles Bridge. It also mentions the legendary Golem of Prague and describes Cesky Krumlov as well preserved medieval town. Olomouc is described as the oldest town in Moravia with landmarks like the Holy Trinity Column and St. Wenceslas Cathedral.

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    This document provides photos and descriptions of various locations in the Czech Republic, including Prague, Karlovy Vary, Cesky Krumlov, Telc, and Olomouc. It highlights several historical landmarks in Prague such as the Old Town Square, Old Town Hall, Spanish Synagogue, Jewish Quarter, and Charles Bridge. It also mentions the legendary Golem of Prague and describes Cesky Krumlov as well preserved medieval town. Olomouc is described as the oldest town in Moravia with landmarks like the Holy Trinity Column and St. Wenceslas Cathedral.

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    This document provides photos and descriptions of various locations in the Czech Republic, including Prague, Karlovy Vary, Cesky Krumlov, Telc, and Olomouc. It highlights several historical landmarks in Prague such as the Old Town Square, Old Town Hall, Spanish Synagogue, Jewish Quarter, and Charles Bridge. It also mentions the legendary Golem of Prague and describes Cesky Krumlov as well preserved medieval town. Olomouc is described as the oldest town in Moravia with landmarks like the Holy Trinity Column and St. Wenceslas Cathedral.

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    This document provides photos and descriptions of various locations in the Czech Republic, including Prague, Karlovy Vary, Cesky Krumlov, Telc, and Olomouc. It highlights several historical landmarks in Prague such as the Old Town Square, Old Town Hall, Spanish Synagogue, Jewish Quarter, and Charles Bridge. It also mentions the legendary Golem of Prague and describes Cesky Krumlov as well preserved medieval town. Olomouc is described as the oldest town in Moravia with landmarks like the Holy Trinity Column and St. Wenceslas Cathedral.

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    Czech

    Republic
    Photographed and presented by Jair (Yair) Moreshet, 2008
    Music: W. A. Mozart, Clarinet Trio in E Flat Major, K. 498, Allegro
    Historical monumental Prague: The Old Town square as observed from the Old Town Hall tower
    Old Town Hall, the very heart of historical romantic Prague
    Old Town Hall, a crowd of tourists await the hourly show of the old astronomical clock
    The Spanish Synagogue is named for its beautiful Moorish style.
    It has an exhibition about the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia, both under the Austrian Empire and in
    the independent Czechoslovakia.
    The exhibition shows the Jews contributions to the general culture, the science, and the state, and
    their fate under the Nazis.

    The Jewish
    quarter: Just
    an apartment
    building
    The old dense Jewish cemetery, the final resting place of the 16
    th
    century scholar and philosopher
    Rabbi Loew (Maharal), who created the legendary Golem of Prague. The mighty (but dumb)
    Golem was presumably capable of defending the Jewish community from a pogrom.
    The Hebrew term and the notion of Golem propagated to European cultures and in modern
    technology it stands for powerful but dumb man-created mechanisms -- Robots and Computers.

    Prague: The Castle District and the Lower Town
    The medieval Charles Bridge and the Old Town
    A permanent stream of tourists flock across the medieval Charles Bridge
    This Crucifix is the oldest of the many Baroque statues decorating the medieval Charles Bridge.
    The Hebrew words in gold mean Holy, Holy, Holy Lord
    The gate to the Lower Town from the Charles Bridge
    Trumpeters on the gate to the Lower Town welcoming the tourists
    Prague, the Castle District: St. Vituss Cathedral
    Castle District: The picturesque Golden Lane was built originally for the guards of the Prague
    Castle and became home to artists and writers, Franz Kafka among them.
    Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), the historic elegant spa resort town
    The medieval town of Loket
    Ceske Budejovice
    (Budweis):

    One of the
    beautiful buildings
    surrounding the
    town square
    Ceske Budejovice: Town Hall on the town square (the biggest square in the country)
    The picturesque and juicy castle city of Cesky Krumlov has preserved its medieval
    identity as no other town in the region. It is on the UNESCO list of world heritage.
    The medieval town of Tel
    Olomouc is the
    capital of Moravia
    and its oldest
    town.

    The Holy Trinity
    Column Baroque
    monument on the
    main square is on
    the UNESCO list
    of World Heritage
    Sites.
    Olomouc: The Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow
    Olomouc: The Romanesque Bishops Palace (Pemyslid Palace)
    Olomouc: St. Wenceslas cathedral

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