Just about at the point where we thought about turning around, as we had gotten lost in all senses of the word, and not just exploring lost, we turned the corner and saw a sign for Troja. I had remembered the name from the section in our guide book that listed places to go visit “further afield.” So we decided to keep walking and rolled up on the Industrial Palace which serves as the entrance to the Exhibition Ground and Stromovka Park.
The Industrial Palace dates to 1891, Stromovka Park has a history that goes a bit farther back. In 1268, Czech king Premsyl Otakar II founded Stromovka (place of trees) as a royal hunting park. But first, the Industrial Palace, as shown here with some of the temporary scaffolding used for an event we either just missed, or were too early for.
December 7th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Great! Love the empty space!
December 8th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Like Wardy I too like the negative space. I also like how the structure in front of the palace leads your eyes into the image, at least they do for me.