Karlstejn Castle Color

by Joan Carroll

Buy the Original Photograph

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

12.000 x 18.000 inches

Title

Karlstejn Castle Color

Artist

Joan Carroll

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photograph

Description

Fairy tale castle or creepy fortress? Either way, Karlstejn Castle is imposing as it sits high atop a bluff above the town of the same name in the Czech Republic. Located about 30 km southwest of Prague above the village of the same name, it is one of the most famous and most frequently visited castles in the Czech Republic. On the day we visited we were told we had about 30 minutes to wait until the next tour of the interior. Of course I couldn't sit still and started walking all around the grounds. One sign directed you down to the well tower (in which there was the obligatory gift shop) but this is the view that you got, looking back up to the castle! I didn't have any difficulty filling 30 minutes with photos from this point. What is visible in this picture is the Marian Tower and the Big Tower. The central area of the 60m high and separately fortified (4-7,5 m thick walls) Big Tower is the Chapel of the Holy Cross; it has no analogy in concept elsewhere in the world. In the safety of the chapel, behind four doors with nineteen locks to each key was guarded independently, the valuable documents of the state archive were kept along with the symbols of the state power -- the Czech Crown Jewels. Sadly for us, that was not on the tour!

FEATURED PHOTO, Gothic Romance group, 1/15/14

FEATURED PHOTO, Artists Best Five Artwork Group ABFA Group, 1/10/14

Uploaded

January 4th, 2014

Statistics

Viewed 5,766 Times  -  Last Visitor from Ottawa, ON - Canada on 04/19/2024 at 9:54 AM

Colors

Embed

Share

Sales Sheet

Tags