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Larger Pictures of Castles, Communities and Regional Highlights Here are additional images of tour highlights and regional scenes in higher resolution than regular website pictures. Most of the pictures in this updated Gallery were taken on the 2008 Imperial Castles Tour. Most gallery pictures are displayed as approximately 800 x 600 pixels. Click on the pictures to view. Use your browser's BACK button to return to the Gallery. Munich Orientation, Munich Residence, and Nuremberg Prague and Prague Castle Czech Republic: Hluboka and Cesky Krumlov Vienna and its Schonbrunn Palace Austria: Salzburg and Innsbruck
Munich Orientation, Munich Residence, and Nuremberg
Munich, capital of Bavaria and Germany's 3rd-largest city (metro 6 million)	Munich's Olympic Park, site of the 1972 Summer Olympics	Olympic Park is still an integral part of the life of Munich (München)	Konigsplatz (Königsplatz), created at the command of Crown Prince Ludwig
Munich's Ludwigstrasse, Residence, Odeonsplatz, and Theatine Church (L-R)	Munich's opera house, the National Theatre	Marienplatz is Munich's central square, dominated by the Rathaus (city hall).	Munich's Hofbrauhaus is Germany's most famous beer hall.
Inside Munich Residence, the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs	One of ten courtyards in the Munich Residenz complex	The Hall of Antiquities, largest Renaissance hall north of the Alps	The Court Chapel of the Munich Residence, added between 1612 and 1617
The Ancestral Gallery, added between 1726 and 1731	Royal regalia of Bavaria (1804) in the Munich Residence Treasury	Old town of Nuremberg, 170 km / 105 miles north of Munich	The White Tower of the Nuremberg city wall, built in the mid 13th century
Prague and Prague Castle
Part of downtown Prague, seen from a vantage point at Prague Castle	> The Charles Bridge across the Vltava River, built over about 50 years from 1357.	Mostecka Street, leading to the Charles Bridge, Church of St. Nicholas in back	Prague's Old Town Square, dominated by the Church of Our Lady Before Tyn
Interior of Tyn Church, begun in the mid 14th century and completed in 1511	The amazing Astronomical Clock on the Old Town City Hall, built from 1410 to 1490	Powder Gate, guarding the gateway to Old Town, this rebuild begun in 1475	The massive Prague Castle, the world's largest , really a city within a city
Prague Castle's main gates, with the 1614 Baroque Mattias Gate inside	Prague Castle's St. Vitus Cathedral, the most important place of worship in Bohemia	The Basilica of St. George in Prague Castle, rebuilt beginning in 1142	The Hradcany castle district , a mix of history and culture, businesses and residences
Czech Republic: Hluboka and Cesky Krumlov
Hluboka Castle, re- constructed during the 19th century in Romantic style	An early Gothic castle was built on the Hluboka Castle site around 1250	Hluboka Castle is surrounded by formal gardens	A cafe, adjacent to the Bohemian art gallery at Hluboka Castle
Construction of the town and castle at Cesky Krumlov began in the late 13th century	The entire town of Cesky Krumlov is a UNESCO World Heritage Site	Cesky Krumlov was built at a ford in the Vltava River, an important trade route	An outdoor cafe along the Vltava River
Krumlov Castle, towering over the Vltava, is one of the largest in central Europe	Krumlov Castle consists of 40 buildings and palaces around 5 castle courtyards	St. Vitus is a Gothic church in the castle dating back to the 15th century	The tower rises from the Little Castle, the oldest part of the Krumlov Castle.
Vienna and its Schonbrunn Palace
Vienna's Hofburg Imperial Palace was the home of the Hapsburg dynasty	The Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna, built between 1874 and 1883	Vienna State Opera house, home of the world-famous State opera company	Celebrations in front of Vienna's Rathaus (City Hall), built 1872 - 1883
St. Stephen's Cathedral in central Vienna, on the site of an 1147 parish church	Interior of St. Stephen's Cathedral, seat of the Archbishop of Vienna	Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles) on Karlsplatz, built between 1716 and 1737	Schonbrunn Palace evolved over centuries from a hunting lodge begin in 1696
Queen Maria Theresa made Schönbrunn the imperial summer residence	The Neptune Fountain, one element of Maria Theresa's gardens and park plan	The Roman Ruin is an artificial garden feature created by sculptors in 1778	The 18th century gardens are used by Vienna for current day concerts and celebrations
The Gloriette crowns a 60m / 200 ft hill overlooking the Palace and Vienna	The Gloriette was built on Maria Theresa's instructions in 1775	Maria Theresa's Tiergarten first opened in 1752, and is the world's oldest zoo.	The Palm House pavilions with temperate and tropical sections, added in 1881-82
Austria: Salzburg and Innsbruck
Salzburg has one of the best- preserved city centres north of the Alps (UNESCO).	Mirabell Palace, built by a Prince Bishop in 1606 for his mistress	Mozart was born in a home on Getreidegasse and raised in Salzburg	17th century baroque Salzburg Cathedral was the site of Mozart's baptism
Fortress Hohensalzburg, on Festungsberg hill, can now be reached by funicular.	The fortress, begun in 1077, is one of the largest medieval castles in Europe.	Its hilltop location gave the fortress a view (and control) of a wide region.	Hellbrunn Palace, built in 1613-19 by the Prince- Archbishop of Salzburg
Hellbrunn is famous for its extensive trick fountains and "watergames".	Innsbruck's older pedestrian district, with the Alps in the background	The Golden Roof (Goldenes Dachl) was built in 1500 with 2657 fire-gilded copper tiles.	Empress Maria Theresa had the Hofburg transformed into a Baroque palace 1754-73.
Interior of the St. Jakob Cathedral, converted from Gothic to Baroque 1717-24.	The 1654 Landestheater was converted into Classical style between 1844 and 1846.	Traditional Tyrolean enter- tainment at an Innsbruck dinner show	The view at a rest stop between Innsbruck and Munich

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