Charles Bridge is the oldest bridge in Prague. When the bridge was commissioned by Charles IV in 1357, it was the only bridge across the Vltava River connecting the Old Town and the Little Quarter until 1741. It is 520 m and 10 m wide.
Charles Bridge is the No 1 attraction of Prague. We got to pass and re-pass this bridge everyday during our stay in Prague.
View from the bridge
Statuary of St Cross
The gilded Christ was attached to the Cross which has stood alone for 200 hundred years. The Hebrew inscription reads "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord"
Pieta
A statue of Bruncvik
This statue is placed on the pillar outside the bridge
St Augustine
Christ between St Kosma and St Damian
They are the patrons of doctors and pharmacists
St John of Martha, St Felixof Valois and St Ivan
This is the most expensive statuary on the bridge and was intended to honour the founders of the Trinitarians, an Order that supervised the buying back and redeeming of Christians in captivity under the Turks.
The cave below depicts three chained Christians asking god for salvation
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