Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Prague, Czech Republic: The Golden Angel

Not every building in Prague dates back to somewhere around the 16th century. This building went up in the year 2000.

There's a short, interesting story to be told here. This is the area of the Angel Crossroad, so named because the Golden Angel Pharmacy (and accompanying statue) was located in this part of town. The drug store bit the dust in 1980, when a subway station was built. Yes, it's the Andel stop - Angel in Czech.

The building has plenty of curves and thus can look different depending on the time of day. Meanwhile, the quotes written on it are from some famous Czech writers.

And if you look carefully, you can see the outline of an "angel" on the left side of the building. I didn't notice it until I was writing this. Pretty neat, actually.

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