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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953341920-29072010>Members of this list
might be interested to browse my latest website - Church Bells of Prague.
I was taken to Prague as a birthday present earlier in the year, and was
inspired by the place. While out there I bought a copy of a book called
"Pražské Zvony" (<I>"Prague's Bells"</I>) written by Ludmila Kybalová, Radek
Lunga and Petr Vácha. Whilst it is written in Czech, I know enough Polish
to be able to read it (the two languages are quite similar). I have
now translated it and put the outline details of each church on this
website. If you want to see pictures of the bells, or read the full
history of bells in Prague, or note the fine inscriptions and decorations, you
will have to buy the book! The book is dated 2005, and I have made no
attempt to keep the website up to date (this would be an impossible task from
London), but nonetheless if I do learn about revisions, I will put them
up.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953341920-29072010>The sad thing about
bells in Prague is that so many were lost and there are very few left.
With all the fine churches in the centre, I was expecting a sonorous Sunday
morning there - alas, the place was quite quiet. The Czech Republic is
also not a particular Catholic country, compared with its neighbours in Poland
and Slovakia, as the Germans did quite a good job of detaching nationhood from
religion.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953341920-29072010>More details can be
found at <A
href="http://prague.lovesguide.com">http://prague.lovesguide.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953341920-29072010>Comments about this,
or any of my websites in the Lovesguide Series, are always
welcome.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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