Karlův Most The Charles Bridge

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Karlův Most (The Charles Bridge) Karluv Most

Town:	Prague
District:	Karlův Most
Style:	ghotick
Description:	The Charles bridge is a national cultural monument connecting two banks of River Vltvava and two of Prague historical cities as well-the Old town with the New Town. Its ancessor was a wooden bridge from the beginning of 12th century. in 1157 the original woden bridge was destroyed by a floods and replaced with a new stone bridge called Judith's bridge as the name of wife of the Czech king Vratislav was. The bridge was built almost on the site of the present Charles Bridge, just a little bit more to the north. The Judith's Bridge had twenty-one arches and was demolished in 1342 by floods too. The lower Lesser Town bridge tower has been preserved of it similary as the tower with gateway , now incorporated in the building of the Monastery of the Nights of the Cross. The new bridge-originally called Stone or Prague Bridge was built to the order of Charles IV. and Charles Bridge has been call since 1870. The constuction of the bridge started in 1357 under the supervision of P. Parléř, who was also the architect of Old Town Bridge Tower. Its easter fasade is decorated by a rich sculptoral work, the westen fasade was demaged by shooting during the battles agains Swedes in 1648. On the fasade of the Tower we can see a sculptures uf Karel IV. and St. Vitus-the patron of the bridge and a plenty of emblems of the countries which belonged to the Czech Kingdom. It was after an Anti-Hapsburg uprising in 1621 when the twelve heads of twenty-seven executed representatives of uprising were hanged on the tower for about 10 years. On the second bank of the rivers is the Tower of Judith Bridge(Lesser Town bridge tower) which is originaly Romanesgue prismatic tower built as a prt of fortification in the 12th century. It\'s present outer appearance is a result of a Renaissance reconstruction from 16th century. Just next to stands the Higher Lesser Town bridge, which was built in late Gothic style and nowadays is in the sommer season open to the public. The Charles Bridge is 520 m long and 10 m wide and it rests on 16 arches. Its decorated with thirty sculptures and groups of statue. The sculptures are mainly of Barogue origin from the years 1683-1714 but lot of them were supplemented by some neo-Gothic and neo-Classical in the 19th century. Some of them have been replaced with copies and originals have been saved in the depositary in the Lapidarium of the National Museum. The Bribge is popular tourist atraction and in the big part of the year is posible to see there a variety af artists and streetshopers.