Prague buildings are to architecture as Viennese pastry is to food.

Beautiful, sweet, and delicious. Hard to carry on without other things in the diet, too. Maybe now I have to visit some ugly city just to cleanse my palate.

Okay, that was a joke.

I know I said I wasn’t going to do any more posts about the human figures on Prague’s buildings. But. I can’t not. They really are everywhere. However, in this post I will focus on ornamental features found near the tops of various buildings, including (where it happens) human figures. 

Some of this ornamentation is quite ornate.

It can be sculpted or painted.

We saw a lovely sundial…

…and elegant second- and third-floor bridges between buildings.

This crowded boat looks like it might have some allegorical significance–but what?

Best of all, these rich buildings seem content to live together side by side. It’s like having all the helpings of dessert you want and never getting sick!