A Landing in the Moldau River 1604
by Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen
In the past there were wooden landings along the banks of the Moldau River where it flowed through Prague’s town centre. Using a lever, the inhabitants could draw buckets of clean water from these landings. The water nearer the bank was polluted by
sludge and waste. The outline of the Prague Fortress can be vaguely discerned in the left distance.
- Credit:
- Courtesy of Rijksmuseum
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