I'm a teacher. The holidays are coming up. I'm going to take a few trips this summer. And so it's slowly time for me to process my experiences from last summer.
During last year's holidays, among other things, my son and I made an excursion to the Temelín nuclear power plant, in South Bohemia, in The Czech Republic, in the Central Europe.
We planned only to drive through Týn nad Vltavou. But there we were somewhat surprised that there was nothing to cross the Vltava River. There was no bridge. As you can see in the second photo.
It took us a while to find a makeshift pontoon bridge that was built here when the new bridge was being built permanently, because the old one was already too damaged by age and years.
Once we stopped here, we had lunch and explored the town a bit. Of course, you could see the church tower from everywhere.
It has been inhabited since prehistoric times, since the Stone Age. The town itself was founded in the 11th century by the Bishop of Prague. The Prague bishopric, later the archbishopric, also owned the town intermittently until the 19th century.
The central church on the square was originally built in the 13th century. It has been destroyed, repaired and modified many times. Today it looks more or less baroque.
The splendour with which the church is decorated shows that it was an important place.
Every Catholic church has, among other things, the Stations of the Cross depicted on its walls.
In the Middle Ages, frescoes were most often on the walls. Later, paintings appeared. Today it is modern to depict these scenes in other ways.
Numerous confessionals testify that the church was also an important place of pilgrimage.
Sv.Jakub-St.James-Santiago... He is an intercessor for the sick. No wonder crowds of people came to pray here. Although more people come to pray in Santiago de Compostela.
A few words about St. James in Czech. Note the mark above the text. It is the symbol of the CEZ energy company foundation. This company spends a lot of money to keep the people around the nuclear power plant happy. Most of the reconstruction in the area is financed by this company.
And some words about the church also in Czech.
This church is also considered to be part of the St James Way.
The church tower is accessible and offers a view of the city and the surrounding area.
But you can't always be lucky. This time the tower was locked.
And so we could only view the city from the tower from the lower floors through the pigeon nets. But the view convinced us to spend more time here.
Městečko Týn na Vltavou, kostel sv.Jakuba Staršího
Léto na krku. Je třeba zpracovat zážitky a fotografie z léta loňského.
V Týně jsme zaparkovali loni tak trochu náhodou. Jeli jsme tudy s rodinou na exkurzi do Temelína. A najednou Týn nad Vltavou a místní most je pryč. Místo něj se staví nový. Chvlíli jsme hledali dočasný, pontonový. A když už jsme tam zastavili, tak jsme se trochu porozhlédli po okolí.
Samozřejmě, odevšud je vidět na kostel. Rodina šla na náměstí na zmrzlinu, já zamířil do kostela. Mimochodem, je to hloupý zlozvyk českých měst, dělat z centrálního náměstí v historické části centrální parkoviště...
Ke kostelu jsem něco napsal v angličtině. Přes překladač, samozřejmě. A taky jsem hodně informací ofotil. Všechno platí ČEZ. A všichni ho tu mají rádi. Ani mně nevadí. Sláva jaderné energetice!
Chtěl jsem napsat jeden článek o celém Týně. Ale ono je to v mém pojetí na články dva. Takže snad do konce příštího týdne sepíšu i ten druhý.
Přiznávám, že mě nakoplo, že Pinmapple končí. Nikdy nikdo nic nemá míti za definitivní... Dnes tu Pinmapple je. A zítra není. Dnes tu Hive je...
Tohle je tzv.Lannův kříž. Původně stál trochu jinde než dnes. Tady se malý Vojtěch, tedy Adalbert, roku 1821 málem utopil... Kdyby se neutopil málem, ale opravdu, tak bychom přišli o mnohé stavby, podniky a projekty... Česká podnikavost by se asi ubírala jiným směrem, kdyby jej nebylo... A tím se pro dnešek loučím.
