Czesky Krumlov from the Castle, a photo from Plzensky, Bohemia

Photographer's Note

Here is another shot of this lovely Czech village. I am totally enamoured with this place. Friendly people, good food and a photographer's playland. I have posted infor on CK, but here is some more.

Česk� Krumlov is a small city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, best known for the fine architecture and art of the historic old town and Česk� Krumlov Castle'

Construction of the town and castle began in the late 13th century at a ford in the Vltava River, which was important in trade routes in Bohemia. In 1302 town and castle was owned by the House of Rosenberg. Emperor Rudolf II bought Krumlov in 1602 and gave it to his natural son Julius d但ustria. Emperor Ferdinand II gave Krumlov to the House of Eggenberg. From 1719 until 1945 the castle belonged to the House of Schwarzenberg. Most of the architecture of the old town and castle dates from the 14th through 17th centuries; the town's structures are mostly in Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque styles. The core of the old town is within a horseshoe bend of the river, with the old Latr疣 neighborhood and castle on the other side of the Vltava.

PaulVDV, serp2000, hardyuno, jhm, Vasa, Buin, brano14, gunbud, germanus, ls7902, adramad, fritzi007, Amaz has marked this note useful

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Selmik (3641) 2009-11-05 22:04

Hi Roger,
lovely panorama of this beautiful place,excellent view that allows to see old architecture s well as nature that is nicely embedded into urban style. Another beautiful addition to my theme *Architecture*.
Nicely done.
Cheers,
Mike

PaulVDV (62846) 2009-11-05 22:42

Hello Roger,
Česk� Krumlov is indeed a very beautiful town.
I like the red roofs contrasting with the green of the trees and the rolling Bohemian hills out of town, the river leading our eyes to the tower and the kayaks on the Vltava bring life to the picture.
Best regards, Paul

serp2000 (47063) 2009-11-05 23:21

Hi, Roger,
My congratulations! Excellent shot! Superb composition, nice colours and interesting details.
TFS!
Serghei

hardyuno (4652) 2009-11-06 0:18

Hello Roger,
it's a very nice POV with good depth and sharpness. Much details, the river seems to be good for canoeing.
And you're right, food is very good in Czech Republic.
;-))
Have a nice day
Hartmut

jhm (211736) 2009-11-06 1:07

Hello Roger,

A wonderful panorama sight you shows us excellent the bridge in foreground together the city and lovely towers and mountains in background.
Very well composed and captured, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

janusz2054 (2) 2009-11-06 1:14

Hi Roger
Great colours are here and excellent perspective. Your picture of Cesky Krumlov is interesting and wonderful .

Janusz

Vasa (515) 2009-11-06 2:02

Bonjour Roger,

quel beau panorama de ta position et quel spectacle de l'orange devant nous. Tu as fait une merveille pour nous tous. Merci ami,

Branko

Buin (42580) 2009-11-06 2:16

Hallo Roger!
What an intersting and impressive sight! I like all these details one can detect here. This town really must be worth-visiting and this photo really is worth-showing! A contribution in terms of TrekEarth!
Greetings from wet and cold Germany! Brrr!
Frank

agjika (3177) 2009-11-06 4:01

Hi Roger,

What a fantastic shot. Beautiful setting, exciting architecture, colours, it is a picture postcard.

Regards

Aleks

dta (98848) 2009-11-06 7:38

Hello Roger ,
What a splendid and rich composition in this square format ! The framing is excellent , and there are so lot of interesting things to see .
Regards

brano14 (3454) 2009-11-06 15:09

Hello Roger,
Great view on this old town,nicely arranged roofs,good colors,very clean image.
Thanks!
Brano

gunbud (34066) 2009-11-06 15:56

Hi Roger,
Splendid POV looking down on the narrow river valley framed by stunning Czech architecutre.
Love the lush green hills leading to the brillilantly contrasting blue sky.
Regards, Tom

ls7902 (7380) 2009-11-07 16:46

Hi Roger,
A great POV to show the architectures and river. Lovely village. Your note mentioned that the castle once belonged to the House of Schwarzenberg from 1719-1945. I visited Schwarzenberg Castle in Scheinfed, Bavaria in early September. Regards. Latiff.

macjake (98408) 2009-11-09 21:26

Hi Roger

you're right, it does seem to be a photographers dream!
lovely architecture and rooftops.
I'm sure there is alot of character and charm.
Lovely depth of field and sharpness
Thanks for this photo,
I placed it into my favorites!
Craig

adramad (72940) 2009-11-11 12:29

Hola Roger.
Extraordinario panorama el que nos muestras en esta bella composicion, el pueblo es encantador con esos rojos tejados contrastando con toda esa vegetacion, precioso tambien el cielo. Un bello trabajo.
Saludos cordiales.
Luis.

fritzi007 (14698) 2009-11-23 9:08

Hello Roger!
Lieblich, a photo of the finest, congratulations!
Was often in my neighborland
Regards
Wolfgang

Amaz (11475) 2010-03-10 2:34

Excellent capture, Roger!!
Wonderful architecture and amazing colours!!

Very well taken!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Kind regards,