Prague Day 5

On our last day in Prague we walked down to Vysehrad, which is a big fort in Prague that was built back in the 10th century. Vysehrad contains the oldest building in Prague, the Rotunda of St Martin, as well as a cemetery where Dvorak and Mucha are buried (remember Mucha from day 3?). The Basilica of St Peter and St Paul is also located in Vysehrad, you can see it in several pictures below from our walk along the wall. Here's the cemetery:



It was a beautiful cemetery filled with sculptures and every plot was nicely kept up with flowers, plants, and stones. Sorry we did not take a picture of the Rotunda of St. Martin. Next time. We walked right by it but did not find it remarkable enough to take a picture of and we had no idea that it was the oldest building in Prague. Here's the view of the Vltava river looking south from Vysehrad:



We walked along the top of the walls as it was finally sunny and beautiful out!



Prague castle in the distance:



The Basilica practically took pictures of itself:



The famous dancing house was on the way to/from Vysehrad:



And, I finally took a picture of the astronomical clock in the Old Town Square. Every hour some of the figures on it move a little bit. It's really not a big deal but like a hundred people gather in front of it every hour and cheer when it chimes! I didn't get it.



The only other thing I wish I'd gotten a picture of was the giant working metronome situated on a hill overlooking Prague. There used to be the world's largest statue of Stalin in that spot but it was dynamited away in 1962 and in 1991 the big kinetic metronome was built. You have to go there and see it for yourself.