Me and a girl named Katie who is in my Art and Architecture class both don't have anything on Mondays, so we've decided to start exploring around Prague on our days off. We're calling them Meandering Mondays, which is especially appropriate since we spend most of our time lost in the city.
I know I've taken pictures of this before, but this one has snow
Snowman!
David Černý's "Viselec"--it translates as "Hanging Out"
Supposedly the sculpture looks like Sigmund Freud up close
Cubist lamppost. Prague is the only city with significant cubist architecture.
Church of Our Lady of the Snows
Baroque interior of Our Lady of the Snows
Powder Tower - so called because at one point gunpowder was stored there
This crazy church is called the Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord. It was constructed in 1932 and was inspired by Egyptian and Greek architecture. No matter what anyone says, it just says "Nazi church" to me, which isn't exactly accurate.
Žižkov Tower in the snow
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