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Music: W. A. Mozart,
Jair (Yair) Moreshet, 2008

Clarinet Trio in E Flat Major, K. 498, Allegro

Historical monumental Prague: The Old Town square as observed from the Old Town Hall tower
Old Town Hall, the very heart of historical romantic Prague
Old Town Hall, a crowd of tourists await the hourly “show” of the old astronomical clock
The exhibition
Spanish Synagogue
shows the isJews’
named
contributions
for its beautiful
to theMoorish
general style.
culture, the science, and the state, and
It hasfate
their an exhibition
under the about
Nazis.the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia, both under the Austrian Empire and in
the independent Czechoslovakia.
The Jewish
quarter: Just
an apartment
building
The
The old dense
Hebrew Jewish
term cemetery,
and the the“Golem”
notion of final resting place oftothe
propagated 16th century
European scholar
cultures andand philosopher
in modern
Rabbi Loewit(“Maharal”),
technology who created
stands for powerful the legendary
but dumb Golem
man-created of Prague.--The
mechanisms mighty
Robots and(but dumb)
Computers.
Golem was presumably capable of defending the Jewish community from a pogrom.
Prague: The Castle District and the Lower Town
The medieval Charles Bridge and the Old Town
A permanent stream of tourists flock across the medieval Charles Bridge
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”
The gate to the Lower Town from the Charles Bridge
Trumpeters on the gate to the Lower Town welcoming the tourists
Prague, the Castle District: St. Vitus’s Cathedral
Castle District: The picturesque “Golden Lane” was built originally for the guards of the Prague
Castle and became home to artists and writers, Franz Kafka among them.
Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), the historic elegant spa resort town
The medieval town of Loket
Ceske Budejovice
(Budweis):

One of the
beautiful buildings
surrounding the
town square
Ceske Budejovice: Town Hall on the town square (the biggest square in the country)
The picturesque and “juicy” castle city of Cesky Krumlov has preserved its medieval
identity as no other town in the region. It is on the UNESCO list of world heritage.
The medieval town of Telč
Olomouc is the
capital of Moravia
and its oldest
town.

The Holy Trinity

Column Baroque
monument on the
main square is on
the UNESCO list
of World Heritage
Sites.
Olomouc: The Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow
Olomouc: The Romanesque Bishop’s Palace (Přemyslid Palace)
Olomouc: St. Wenceslas cathedral