Nella terra del leone a due code

Kdykoliv zadívám se na Prahu – a dívám se na ni stále            a vždycky bez dechu, protože ji miluji –, obrátím mysl k Bohu, ať se mi schovává už kdekoliv, za hvězdnou mlhovinou či jen za starým paravánem            prožraným od molů, abych mu poděkoval, že propůjčil tu velkolepou scénu i mému životu. Mně i mým radostem            a bezstarostným láskám, mně i mým slzám bez pláče, když lásky odcházely. Jaroslav Seifert: Královský letohrádek

Whenever I gaze out on Prague – and I do so constantly            and always with bated breath because I love her – I turn my mind to God wherever he may hide from me, beyond the starry mists or just behind            that moth-eaten old screen, to thank him for granting me this magnificent setting to live in. To me and my joys            and carefree loves, to me and to my tears without weeping when the loves departed. Jaroslav Seifert: Royal pavilion

I posts del río Wang su Praga (clicca per ingrandire)

I posts del río Wang su Boemia (clicca per ingrandire)

Storia ceca • The Marian Column and the Prague Meridian, 1618-1918 • František Krátký’s (1851-1924) color slides on Tsar Nicholas II’s coronation in 1896 • Cento anni di cominciare la scuola in Boemia • The annexion of Podkarpatská Rus, 1919 • I moravi di Hultschin, che hanno detto no alla Cecoslovacchia • The Moravian Hawelka brothers and their cafés in Krakow and Vienna • Mostra di foto di Josef Baťka, il prete giramondo (1901-1979) • La statua di Stalin a Praga (1952-1962) Foto ceca • Antonio Muñoz Molina on Josef Sudek • Bernard Plossu on Josef Sudek • Jiří and Ivan Doležal’s central Bohemian trains • Vlad Artazov’s nail art • Addio a Jasinia Letteratura ceca • Two poems by Miroslav Holub • Hrabal’s house on the Dam of Eternity • Libeň, una visita al centesimo compleanno di Hrabal • Ajvaz: The other city • Ajvaz and the sensitive elephant • Ajvaz and the heavy bear cub • The Bohemian sea in the dreams of Radek Malý and Pavel Čech Mostre • Cento anni di cominciare la scuola in Boemia • Mostra di foto di Josef Baťka, il prete giramondo (1901-1979)

Praga • Passeggiata di notte nel Castello di Praga • The Marian Column in Old Town Square, 1618-1918 • The Bruska garrison, 1683-1922 • Pubblicità centenne nel quartiere di San Castalio • The old Smíchov and the former Angel restaurant • Segni fantasma di merci coloniali a Újezd • The last trolleybus in Prague, 1972 • Hrabal’s house on the Dam of Eternity • Libeň, una visita al centesimo compleanno di Hrabal • Prague quiz • The Charles Bridge in winter • Passeggiata sotto Vyšehrad • Uccelli urbani a Praga • Bird sounds in Prague • A five hundred-year old skate roller • Reconstruction of the Jewish quarter in Prague • Jacob Bassevi, the Jew of three emperors • Handel Bassevi’s tomb in the Jewish cemetery • Evening falls in Holešovice Moravia • The dragon of Brno • Leo Rosten’s The Joys of Yiddish in the bookshop of Brno • The Švejk restaurant in Brno • The Olmütz/Olomouc tram in 1918 • The castle of Nikolsburg on the seashore • The Jewish cemetery in Třebíč/Trebitsch • L’annessione di Hultschin • The Battle of Blosdorf Boemia del Nord • Cancerous land. Coal mines in the Sudetenland

Boemia del Sud • České Budějovice, the first Bohemian trolleybus, 1909 • The church of Boletice/Polletitz, and the deportation of the Germans from Southern Bohemia • The Gothic church and German cemetery of Zátoň/Ottau • The hills of Bohdalovice/Podesdorf along the Vltava • Český Krumlov’s map of monuments • Český Krumlov: the first overview • Český Krumlov’s pub map • Český Krumlov, medieval holy image column and modern village radio Il mare ceco • Il mare ceco nei sogni di Radek Malý e Pavel Čech • The Moravian sea, 1725 L’oltremare ceco: Podkarpatská Rus • Ivan Olbracht’s Hasidic tales from Podkarpatská Rus • The symbol of Podarpatská Rus, the wooden church of Jasiňa • The Hutsul Republic and the annexion of Podkarpatská Rus • Nostalgia tardiva cecoslovacca per Podkarpatská Rus • Farewell to Jasiňa Viaggio nella Boemia • Venite con noi nella Boemia del sud!