Monasteries have libraries – sometimes more, sometimes less flashy. But often suitably grand environments for books that deserve the best. In Prague, the Strahov monastery has a couple of nice library halls, one for philosophy from the late 18th century, and one for theology from the 1670s (philosophy on the below left, theology on theContinue reading “The Strahov Monastery, Prague”
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Ceský Krumlov: A castle for many seasons
The rich are different from us – and were even more so in the past. Now they only have more money but in old times they had privileges – they struck their own money, had their own bearpit, and maintained their own army units. The castle at Ceský Krumlov has belonged to a series ofContinue reading “Ceský Krumlov: A castle for many seasons”
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