Belfry at Church of St. Nicholas, Lesser Town, Prague

I have to dedicate this one to Keith Lancaster, it is an unashamed copy

of his presentation of the inside of Salisbury Cathedral spire. I can offer

three excuses for this plagiarism: 1) PN is about sharing ideas, and this

one was too good to pass up. 2) Imitation is the sincerest form of

flattery. 3) Keith seems to hang about in the same sort of places and

might enjoy this. Cheers! RickDB

...Although it appears that the tower is an integral part of the fantastic Baroque Church of St. Nicholas, in fact it has never belonged to it and is actually the property of the town. To make way for the new Church of St. Nicholas (built 1673-1752) the older (13th century) church of St. Nicholas was demolished, along with the parish school, the Romanesque Chapel of St. Wenceslas and cemetary. The Jesuits had to commit to building a replacement belfrey for the town since it was an important vantage point from which the watchman, who had an apartment in the tower, could keep an eye out for fires and raise the alarm by sounding the bells. During the communist regime the tower was a secret observation point for the State Police who would monitor activities at the neighbouring Embassies of western countries.

Thanks for the comments and compliments..your a great guy:-)) This is a very good presentation, maybe your tower is not quite so high as mine :-)) but it's still a great show. Well done Rick..All the best mate!

You're right, this only just over half the height at 230', but still 215 steps to the balcony above the belfry - whew! Cheers, RickDB