Saturday, December 17, 2011

Litoměřice - the Garden of Bohemia


Postcard
„The region got the name the Garden of Bohemia in the 17 th century. There on confluence of the river Labe and Ohře, in pictorial areas of České středohoří. There is one of the most beautiful Czech town, the royal town Litoměřice, where at the present time lives about 26 000 inhabitants.“

Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady
This monumental Baroque construction by Octavio Broggio from 1701-31 was started already by his father Giulio, on top of five residential houses of the Jesuit seminary. Today the church is used only occasionally for concerts, for most of the time it remains closed to the public.

(source: http://www.litomerice.cz/)

Stamp
Signs of the Zodiac: Sagittarius

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