St. Vitus' Cathedral

St. Vitus' is in the Hradcany Castle complex, on the west side of the town, on a hill over-looking the Moldau. Parts of the castle go back to the 11th century or earlier. St. Vitus took some 600 years to build, started in the 13th century, finished in the 19th. It is quite large and high, with beautiful windows and scultpure, very much the national cathedral of the Czech Republic.

West facade and towers; flaming Gothic, as

you can see

Interior

Beautiful windows (Mucha's the best, we

thought; see earlier post)

Stained light on the floor

Ceiling; note tracery at top of windows

Tomb of St. Vitus; the original church was

built around it in the 10th century

A royal tomb

Rose window

St. Wenceslas chapel

East side, buttresses, spires and tower