{"id":2064,"date":"2024-08-22T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:29:10","slug":"cycling-for-shatsa-2024-praag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/reistype\/fietsen\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-praag\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling for Shatsa 2024: Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2064\" class=\"elementor elementor-2064\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e21340\" 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Republic<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63136f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63136f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1160ec9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1160ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f8f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-selfie.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2072\" alt=\"Praag selfie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-selfie.webp 500w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-selfie-169x300.webp 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e89e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05e89e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">22 Aug: Prague day 1: old town and some fascinating exhibitions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb0ce2c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cb0ce2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72177720319773703\/with\/53945851112\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View photos as you read on<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b11a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56b11a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/C-20240714-Baskwadder-brouwerij.docx\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d372af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d372af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A little sleep in and a languid morning in the campsite does some good. Only around noon did I leave for town. Some strolling around the <strong>old town<\/strong>, despite the crowds, the beautiful, homogeneous, mainly <strong>19th-century architecture<\/strong> Admiring, searching a pharmacy for a tube of Arnica for my aching wrist.<br \/><br \/>Along the way, I came across an unexpected gift:\u00a0<strong>DSC Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0with remarkable work by one\u00a0<strong>Milan Houser\u00a0<\/strong>- which was unfortunately difficult to capture on camera - and\u00a0<strong>Jakub Matuska<\/strong>, and in the\u00a0<strong>Central Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong>Old Market<\/strong>\u00a0to an exhibition featuring the work of\u00a0<strong>Salvador Dali<\/strong>\u00a0and - again -\u00a0<strong>Andy Warhol<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Warhol exhibition was less provocative than the one in Berlin: family photos, his famous 'series', record covers and his filmographic work.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Dali many etchings and lithographs - always work in very large editions of several hundred to even a thousand copies, Dali was a shrewd commer\u00e7ant - and a number of figurines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f638ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f638ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">23 August: Prague day 2: exploring some nice, quiet spots with friend Jirka<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb34a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fb34a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today I was agreed with\u00a0<strong>Jirka<\/strong>, a fellow Czech volunteer with whom I worked for three months during winter 2022-23 in the\u00a0<strong>Oseling <\/strong>Tibetan meditation centre in Andalusia.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We chatted for a long time and walked a long way through the neighbourhood where he is now temporarily staying -he does not have his own permanent home at the moment. We passed the monumental\u00a0<strong>National Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0which I will visit separately later and strolled through a park with a nice view of Prague's suburbs.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a park next to the\u00a0<strong>Technical Museum<\/strong>\u00a0stands a <strong>horse mill about 130 years old<\/strong>. They looked like real stuffed horses, which I found rather sinister. But the man operating the mill explained that there was a wooden structure inside, wrapped with <strong>straw and jute<\/strong> and then <strong>covered with real horse skin<\/strong>. The three knights around the shaft are made of papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 coated with sheet metal. The mill was fully restored in 2022, which must have cost a pretty penny.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2702a58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2702a58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-paardenmolen.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2067\" alt=\"130 jaar oude paardenmolen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-paardenmolen.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-paardenmolen-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-paardenmolen-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6026b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6026b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>130-year-old horse mill<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36da6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f36da6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the edge of the\u00a0<strong>Letna park<\/strong>\u00a0overlooking the old town stands a <strong>giant metronome<\/strong> at a spot where a statue of Stalin used to stand. It was hot, in a pond a little further on, we let our feet hang in the water for a while while fish came to nibble at our skin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b67e4fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b67e4fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23_Aug-24-Praag_Metronoom-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1499\" alt=\"Metronoom in Letna park\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23_Aug-24-Praag_Metronoom-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23_Aug-24-Praag_Metronoom-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23_Aug-24-Praag_Metronoom-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23_Aug-24-Praag_Metronoom-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23_Aug-24-Praag_Metronoom.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca897e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aca897e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Metronome in Letna park<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f984f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f984f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We then descended to the\u00a0<strong>Tibet Open House<\/strong>, via the button below you can read that report.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I got back to the campsite around 9pm, invited <strong>five Italian couples<\/strong> me to <strong>dining with them<\/strong> at a long table. The previous day, they had partially surrounded my tent with their five campers. It turned into a pleasant evening, just a bit difficult to communicate. Too bad Esperanto never made it as a second language for everyone.\u00a0<strong>Pokkedom\u00a0<\/strong>actually....<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so the day was over again. Writing Facebook posts fell through today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85512c9 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"85512c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-tibet-open-house-in-praag\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">To Tibet Open House<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287973c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"287973c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">24 August: Prague day 3: Vyshehrad castle, basilica, Jewish quarter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38df9f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38df9f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first stop today was the <strong>reinforced<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Vyshehrad complex<\/strong>. Along the way I passed\u00a0<strong>Kova\u0159ovic Villa<\/strong>, a cubist house designed by architect\u00a0<strong>Josef Chochol\u00a0<\/strong>in 1912. Only a few would exist in that style worldwide, including some in Prague.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chochol<\/strong>\u00a0was also the man who <strong>avoided that Vyshehrad<\/strong>, which originated in the Middle Ages, at the beginning of the 20th century <strong>would be taken down<\/strong> to make way for housing. Afterwards, he built villa Kovarovic at the foot of the rock.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the course of the <strong>17-18th century<\/strong> was the Vyshehrad complex <strong>further strengthened<\/strong> to face more powerful guns. It was pleasant walking in the shade there, more pleasant than in the hot city. A <strong>group of 'bachelorettes'<\/strong> ('bride to be') apparently felt the same way.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I only visited the <strong>St. Paul and Peter Basilica<\/strong>, which I, as an over-65, was allowed in for free. The first version dates back to the <strong>12th century<\/strong>. In <strong>1369<\/strong> followed a <strong>high-Gothic reconstruction<\/strong>. During the <strong>Hussite (&lt; Jan Hus) revolts<\/strong> the basilica was destroyed and rebuilt in 1420, immediately after the war. This was followed by another Baroque renovation and in 1885-1903 the basilica received its current appearance, after a <strong>design by Josef Mocker<\/strong>. Beautiful, fully painted interior with intact stained-glass windows everywhere. It was cool and an organ concert was just going on. I stayed there (a bit too) long. In 2003,\u00a0<strong>Pope John-Paul <\/strong>the basilica the <strong>status of 'basilica minor<\/strong>'.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I stayed in the green. On my way to the old town, I first walked through the Botanical Garden and then took the tram to\u00a0<strong>Josefov<\/strong>, the Jewish quarter, where I had agreed to meet with\u00a0<strong>Jirka<\/strong>. To step into a museum was already too late, we walked through the neighbourhood, past the <strong>Convent of Agnes of Prague<\/strong> and then took the metro\/tram to the quayside where the boat leaves for my campsite, to face the <strong>Moldau<\/strong>\u00a0drinking a last farewell pint. It was nice to have met Jirka again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e740bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e740bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-basiliek.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2068\" alt=\"St.-Paulus en Petrus Basiliek\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-basiliek.webp 600w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praag-basiliek-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddb56c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ddb56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>St. Paul and Peter Basilica<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a713cf1 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a713cf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72177720319773703\/with\/53945851112\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">All photos Prague visit<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cff5a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cff5a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">25 August: Prague day 4: House of Lobkowicz, cathedral, National Gallery at Fair Trade Palace.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b38735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b38735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; caret-color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-decoration: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-decoration ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Today was less oppressive and I headed into town earlier. First the <strong>Prague castle<\/strong>, where many sights are concentrated. I first visited the <strong>collection<\/strong> of the wealthy family <strong>Lobkovicz<\/strong>, because there is work of <\/span><b style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; caret-color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-decoration: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-decoration ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Velazques, Canaletto&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; caret-color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-decoration: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-decoration ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">and<\/span><b style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; caret-color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-decoration: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-decoration ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;Pieter Breugel the Elder<\/b><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; caret-color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-decoration: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-decoration ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;hangs between. From the latter namely one of the panels of the well-known series 'The Six Seasons'. Each panel depicts a period of two months. Here hangs the panel 'Hayes' for the months of June\/July. There was a device with which you could zoom in on the details and then all the symbolism was explained. Very fascinating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Of the six panels, five have survived. One hangs in the Metropolitan in New York, the other three in Vienna. Copies of these four panels hung on a lightbox, which I also photographed for completeness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">The <strong>Lobkowicz family completely expropriated twice<\/strong>: once by the Nazis; the second time by the communists. They managed to recover their possessions each time and opened large parts to the public from 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">At the old 'golden street' and the&nbsp;<b>Cathedral of Saint Vitu<\/b><strong>s<\/strong> was running heads, which I let pass me by.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-196f9cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"196f9cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-aug-24_Prague-National-Gallery-hall-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-aug-24_Prague-National-Gallery-hall-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-aug-24_Prague-National-Gallery-hall-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-aug-24_Prague-National-Gallery-hall-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-aug-24_Prague-National-Gallery-hall.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c80625 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c80625\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>National Gallery in former Trade Fair Palace<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6856bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6856bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meanwhile, it had started raining, so up the tram to the\u00a0<strong>National Gallery<\/strong>. Which is located in the former <strong>Trade Fair Palace<\/strong>, a mastodon of a <strong>functionalist building<\/strong> which was raised in <strong>1925-28<\/strong>. Too much art to look at in one afternoon. The fourth floor contained works from 1796 to 1918, including the big French names and Picasso.<\/p><p>Third floor: work from the first Czechoslovak Republic from 1918 to 1938. Very interesting and the context in which the work originated was well documented. Then it continued for the period 1939-2021, very fascinating with anti-fascist works, counter-art (or attempts at it) under communism, and very contemporary work.<\/p><p>One floor down, there was architecture and an exhibition with work from around the world attached to\u00a0<strong>Skopje's Museum of Contemporary Art\u00a0<\/strong>donated after it was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1963.<\/p><p>And in a huge hall on the ground floor was still running the Matter of Art Biennial. 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