Vysehrad

Vysehrad is situated on a cliff. Vysehrad means "castle on the height". The national cemetary is situated here.

Church of S:t Peter and S:t Paul, the gothic church that dominates the riverside of Vysehrad.

The original church was completed in 1129. But in the 13th century it burned down and was replaced by a new church, with a later gothic addition of the twin towers.

The entrance to its beautiful cemetary, that is the country's national cemetary, where many famous people are buried.

After going through the cemetary, we saw this view from the rock that this part of Vysehrad is situated on. The view was a lot more spectacular in reality, I must tell.


The famous rock above Vltava, from which princess Libuse was said to anticipate the grand future of Prague. The gothic ruin on the top is called Libuse's bath. It was from there the medieval castle of Vysehrad was defended.

Libuse and Premysl, one of 4 statues by the famous artist Josef Myslbek that are situated in the park of Vysehrad, right in front of the church.

The first thing we saw outside the station was the 5 star Corinthia Towers Hotel with its nice glass walled facacde.

Corinthia Towers from a distance. It is 83 m tall and has around 600 rooms on 26 floors.

From just outside the entrance of the hotel there where nice views:

The mirror of Prague in the hotel´s exterior.

This highway goes high above the city on the high bridge Nuselsky most. The first night when we arrived I saw small old houses at Vysehrad below the road.

After seeing some more spectacular views from Vysehrad, we walked towards the city center along the boulevard Rasinovo nabi that goes parallel with the river.