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Shahril Dzulkifli
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 Posted: Wed 11 Jan, 2012 8:16 pm Post subject: Weapons and armour from Prague Castle |
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Those rusty weapons require cleaning, though.
So the swords kept in that museum are actually reproductions, not originals.
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Marko Susimetsa
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We just visited the castle last weekend and this exhibition was still there. It bears noting that it is NOT a museum exhibition. It is an "arms and armour exhibition" by the Golden Lane area of the castle. The actual museum exhibit is in the old castle building itself.
However, there's no notice anywhere to say that they are repros, but there's a shop selling similar repro armours at the same location as a part of the same exhibit, so it is kind of a give-away.
Oh, and the badly assembled armour was still there. Still not fixed after all these years.
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Magnus K
Location: Stockholm Joined: 19 Dec 2016
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Hi,
I went to see Prague Castle last Christmas and the pictures are from a building in what’s called Golden Lane with old buildings now housing artisan shops and preserved old dwellings. The arms and armour in that building are all reproductions and signs clearly state that the objects displayed are for sale. The Czech are proud of their smiths’ skills.
I also went to see the Imperial Armoury which is housed in the attic of the Schwarzenberg Palace just outside the Castle itself. It’s quite hard to find but well worth a visit if you are in the neighbourhood. See some pics from there below. This is all original stuff of course...
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Len Parker
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Magnus K
Location: Stockholm Joined: 19 Dec 2016
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I believe these photos are from the Imperial Armoury (as explained in my earlier post) and are originals. There are also some original arms and armour displayed at the proper Prague Castle Museum. What’s displayed in Golden Lane is just showcased merchandise.
It’s an issue in Prague generally (and perhaps in the rest of Eastern Europe) that one doesn’t really know what’s genuinely old/antique and what is refurbishment. I saw a few old buildings in Prague being refurbished to the extent that only the outer walls remained and the inside was just demolished. So makes you wonder when you sit in that “medieval” cellar restaurant whether it’s just an entrepreneur offering a cozy cave as a setting for lunch/dinner. Having said that, wars and communism also did their best to destroy anything original in the region unfortunately.
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Marko Susimetsa
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| Magnus Kovacec wrote: | | the Imperial Armoury which is housed in the attic of the Schwarzenberg Palace |
Agh! We searched the castle far and wide for the imperial armoury and never realised that it might be in the other castle that we had passed by on our way!
Well, it's a pretty city. A third visit to finally find the real thing is certainly warranted.
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Magnus K
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| Marko Susimetsa wrote: | | Magnus Kovacec wrote: | | the Imperial Armoury which is housed in the attic of the Schwarzenberg Palace |
Agh! We searched the castle far and wide for the imperial armoury and never realised that it might be in the other castle that we had passed by on our way!
Well, it's a pretty city. A third visit to finally find the real thing is certainly warranted. |
Be warned. The Imperial Armoury is ridiculously difficult to find. It’s in the Schwarzenberg Palace a.k.a. National Art Galley of Prague which is located on Hradcany Square outside the main gate to the West of the castle complex. You buy your ticket and take the elevator to the top floor and enter a room with paintings on the wall. You then approach one of the attendants and ask for the Imperial Armoury who then point towards an unmarked door. Behind the door is a kind of ramp up to the attic where the collection is housed. The collection is not very big but worth seeing.
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Jean Henri Chandler
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Hate to say so, but I am inclined to agree those in the OP are reproductions, and not even very good ones.
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James Arlen Gillaspie
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