Drop down gorgeous! First view close up of the St. Vitus Cathedral is massive. Walking in the Praha Castle main gate and then out of the arches meeting this wall of a building is breathtaking. St. Vitus Cathedral, or the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert since 1997, is the main seat for the catholic church in the Czech Republic. It is the largest church within the Praha Castle on Hradcany hill. The gothic cathedral is the third church for the patron saint of dance and entertainment on this location. The first was a romanic rotunda built in the early 900s. The second a romanic cross church built a 150 years later. This latest version got its foundation in 1344CE, but it took until 1929 to finish it. The cathedral is 124 meter long and 60 meter wide. The front towers shown here are 82 meters tall, but the main tower is 102 meter tall. A total of seven church bells is installed in the church. St. Vitus is one of the oldest mythical saints in the catholic church, a popular legend turned into a saint. It is a very popular saint in eastern Europe, because its name in slavic languages is Sveti Vid. That is close to the older religion and their god of light, abundance and war Svetovid. When Christianity took dominance in most regions, using this sort of modern day PR-spin was a useful tool of many to make locals convert. Wenceslaus was the posthum declared first king and protective saint of the country, and the founder of the first St. Vitus church. Adalbert was a bishop of Prague and the other protective saint of the country. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vitus_Cathedral #firstview #closequarter #cathedral #hradčany #2012CE #inside #gates #prahacastle #Metropolitan #Cathedral #Saints #Vitus #Wenceslaus #Adalbert #gothic #architecture (at St. Vitus Cathedral) https://www.instagram.com/p/CadT0XhhZxM/?utm_medium=tumblr
