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The intricate gilded ironwork of the bell tower of Katedrála svatého Víta, Václava a Vojtěcha (St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral), at the Hradčany castle in Praha, Česká Republika.

The tower, located on the southern side of the cathedral, was begun in 1396 under the architect Peter Parler. While the tower is predominantly in the Gothic style, it carries a Baroque style cupola. Like the rest of the cathedral, the tower remained uncompleted after work stalled after the fire of 1541.

The tower was not completed until the Renaissance when the court architect Bonifac Wohlmut and Hans Tirol finished it between 1560 and 1562. The tower and the rebuilding of the transept of the cathedral was one of the few additions accomplished between 1541 and the cathedral's completion in the mid-19th Century.

The tower was given it's Baroque cupola in 1770 by court architect Niccolo Pacassi, and is the home to Zikmund, the biggest bell in Prague. Zikmund was cast in 1549 by Tomas Jaros and weighs an enormous 18 tons.

The tower rises 318 feet (97 meters) high, and has Renaissance gallery that affords great views of Prague.

You can learn more about this cathedral on Wikipedia at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vitus_Cathedral

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Taken in: Česká republika / Hlavní město Praha / Praha / Hradčany (show map)

Taken on: September 23, 2008

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