Photos, videos and docs of Jon Searles, with the keywords: "Olomouc"

Bazilika Minor na sv. Kopecku, Picture 3, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:56 +0000

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Here's a parting shot of the front of the Bazilika.

Bazilika Minor Doorway, B&W version, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:54 +0000

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One of the doorways into the courtyard also responds well to a black and white conversion.

Bazilika Courtyard, Picture 6, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:53 +0000

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Here's another shot of the courtyard.

Tools and Supplies at the Bazilika, B&W version, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:51 +0000

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Here was some of the other equipment/supplies/junk available to the maintenance crew, which I think makes a nice photo in black and white.

Slate, Picture 3, B&W version, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:50 +0000

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The shingles look especially good in black and white.

Slate, Picture 3, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:48 +0000

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I took several shots of the shingles, examining the patterns they made in the stack, and I wasn't the only photographer to notice this.

Slate, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:46 +0000

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There were plenty of spare parts stored in the Basilica, including these slate shingles. It doesn't look like they're for the roof, though, as the roof is reddish in color.

Bazilika Minor na sv. Kopecku, Picture 2, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:44 +0000

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The courtyard is actually walled in more than being a part of the main building, as you can see here, looking in towards the rear of the nave.

Bazilika Courtyard, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:43 +0000

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The Basilica also has a courtyard, albeit one without a garden, and in it are several statues in varying states of repair.

View from sv. Kopecek, Picture 2, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:41 +0000

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Sv. Kopecek refers to the hill on which the Basilica is built. It isn't a very tall hill, but it still gives visitors a good view of the surrounding countryside, which is mostly flat.

Bazilika Minor na sv. kopecku, Samotisky, Olomouc, Olomoucky Kraj, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:40 +0000

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The Bazilika Minor na sv. Kopecku (Basilica Minor on St. Kopecek) was built in 1669-1679, and designed by Giovanniho Pietra Tencalla, although an older church had existed on this site as early as 1078. More recently, this Basilica was a stop on Pope John Paul II's tour of the Czech Republic in 1995.

Aeroplane Bar, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:24:02 +0000

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I took a photo of the Aeroplane Bar the last time I was in Olomouc as well, but I couldn't resist trying it again. Unfortunately, unless you only want part of the plane, or some kind of abstraction, this is one of the only angles which works because of the trees blocking the view.

Bees on Flowers, Picture 2, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:24:01 +0000

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See if you can spot the bee without using the notes? :-)

Ceske Drahy Offices, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:58 +0000

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This isn't the train station for Olomouc, but rather a large office building used by Ceske Drahy, the Czech national railway. I'm not clear on whether this is the headquarters, or simply a very important office building, though.

DPMO #181, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:56 +0000

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I took this when the sun finally came out, although I don't know which tram stop this was. Does anybody know?

Pipe Organ, Picture 7, Katedral sv. Vaclava, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:52 +0000

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Here's a shot from the pews. As is often the case, with well-designed organs, this one is designed to fit the much-older Cathredral building, which dates to 1131, making it so old that it is not considered gothic, but romanesque. The most famous historical anecdote associated with this Cathedral is that Mozart composed his 6th symphony here, at the age of 11.

Pipe Organ, Picture 3, Katedral sv. Vaclava, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:49 +0000

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We also visited the cathedral while we were in Olomouc, and the highlight of this was a demonstration of the late-19th Century electric pipe organ (with the original knob and tube wiring). Many people disliked the ornamentation of buildings, churches, organs, and so on during the 19th Century, but in hindsight industrial-era engineering combined with pre-industrial taste produced a much better result, I think, than anything has since.

DPMO #162 on Denisova, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:48 +0000

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Here's another of the Olomouc transit authority's Tatra T3's, this one making a stop at the city museum on Denisova. You can see the Katedral sv. Vaclava (Cathedral of St. Wenceslas) down the street.

Doors In Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:46 +0000

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This is another "It looked pretty cool" shot, although I've forgotten which street this was.

Zerotinovo Namesti, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ), 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:45 +0000

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I shot this photo, as did several other people, just because we thought it looked pretty cool.