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    Czech

    Republi

    cPhotographed and presented by Jair (Yair) Moreshet, 2008

    Music: W. A. Mozart, Clarinet Trio in E Flat Major, K. 498, Allegro

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    Historical monumental Prague: The Old Town square as observed from the Old Town Hall tower

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    Old Town Hall, the very heart of historical romantic Prague

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    Old Town Hall, a crowd of tourists await the hourly show of the old astronomical clock

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    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 inde endent Czechoslovakia.

    The exhibition shows the Jews contributions to the general culture, the science, and the state, and

    their fate under the Nazis.

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    The Jewish

    quarter: Just

    an apartment

    building

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    The old dense Jewish cemetery, the final resting place of the 16th 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.

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    15/54Prague: The Castle District and the Lower Town

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    16/54The medieval Charles Bridge and the Old Town

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    17/54A permanent stream of tourists flock across the medieval Charles Bridge

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    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

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    19/54The gate to the Lower Town from the Charles Bridge

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    Prague, the Castle District: St. Vituss Cathedral

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    Castle District: The picturesque Golden Lane was built originally for the guards of the PragueCastle and became home to artists and writers, Franz Kafka among them.

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    Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), the historic elegant spa resort town

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    The medieval town of Loket

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    Ceske Budejovice

    (Budweis):

    One of thebeautiful buildings

    surrounding the

    town square

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    Ceske Budejovice: Town Hall on the town square (the biggest square in the

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    The picturesque and juicy castle city of Cesky Krumlov has preserved its medievalidentity as no other town in the region. It is on the UNESCO list of world heritage.

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    The medieval town of Tel

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    Olomouc is the

    capital of Moravia

    and its oldest

    town.

    The Holy TrinityColumn Baroque

    monument on the

    main square is on

    the UNESCO list

    of World Heritage

    Sites.

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    Olomouc: The Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow

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    Olomouc: The Romanesque Bishops Palace (Pemyslid Palace)

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