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Karlův Most (Statues on The Charles Bridge) sochy na moste
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Going along the Charles Bridge we can see a range of thirty sculptures and agroups of patron saints. The oldest one is a Cruciphix from 1654 designed by H.Hillger, the other ones has been placed from that time and almost all of them are Baroque. Because of the climate, floods and air polution a lot of these statues were demaged they started beeing replaced by the copies and originals are till today saved in Lapidarium.
Staues:
--left side--
**St.Ives-
M.B.Braun, 1908,
Built by the Charles University
**St.Barbara, Margareth and Elisabeth-
1707, F.M.Brokoff,
**Pieta-
1859,E.Max,
Built by Prague\'s parish
**St.JOseph-
1854, J.Max
**St.Francis Xavier-
1711, F.M.Brokoff, copy,
The original sculpture ordered by the Charles University was destroyed by the floods in 1890, the original is saved in Lapidarium of National Muzeum, it\'s copy was designed by Č.Vosmík.
**St.Christopher-
1857, E.Max,
The sculpture was erected on the site of military office.
**St. Francis Borgia-
1710, F.M.Brokoff
**St.Ludmila-
1730, M.B.Braun,
The sculpture oroginally stood on the rampart of the Prague Castle.
**St.Francis of Assisi-
1855, E.Max,
This statue was placed on the Bridge as a monument to commemorate the surviving of emperor Franz Joseph I the assassination on his person.
**St.VInceent Ferrarius and St. Procopius-
1712, F.M.Brokoff,
Under these group of sculptures is a Statue of Bruncvik on the pillar of the Bridge, designed by L.Šimek and replaceing the older one from the 16th cent.
**St.Nicholas of Tolentino-
1708, J.B.Kohl,
The statue ordered by the Augustinian Convent by teh CHorch of St. Thomas. Behind it there is a staircase leading to the Campa Island, designed in Neo-Gothic style after plan by J. Kranner.
**St.Luidgarde-
1710, M.B.Braun,
The most valuable sculpture of the Bridge, inspired by the Vision of St. Luidgarda by N.Bernini.
**St.Adalbert-
1709, J.M.Brokoff, copy,
It\'s wooden pattern kept in a NAtional Gallery.
**St. Jean de Matha, Felix de Valois and Ivo-
1714, F.M.Brokoff,
The sculpture is famous due the figure of a Turk guarding imprisoned Christians
**St.Wenceslas-
1858, J.K.Bóhm,
Given by the Klar\'s institute of blinds.
--- Right side:---
**The MAdona and St.Bernard-
1709,M.V.Jáckel,
**The Madonna, St.Domenic and Thomas Aquinus-
1708, M.V.Jáckel, copy,the statue ordered by Dominicans.
**The Calvary-
theb gilged corpus was cast in 1629 by Hans Hilger and the stone statue are yb E.Max of 1861. The cross stood here in the 14th cent. Round the Calvary is a golden sign celebrating God as a penalty of a Jude who laughted to the Cross.
**St.Anne-
1707, M.V.Jáckel,
**St.Cyril and Method-
1938, K.Dvořák, this group of statues depicting St.Ignatius by F.M.Brokoff demaged by flood waters in 1890(now housed in a Lapidarium of Czech Museum)
**St. John the Baptist-
1857, J.Max.
**St.Norbert, Wemceslaa and Sigismund-
1853, J.Max
**St.John of Nepomuk-
1683, the second oldest statue of the Bridge, cast by J.W.Heroldt in Nuremberg after a design by M.Rauchmúller and a model by J.Brokoff.
**St. Anthony of Padua-
1707, J.O.Mayer.
**St.Juda Thaddeus-
1708, J.O.Mayer
**St.Augustine-
1708,J.B.Kohl, cast by the Augustinians by the Church of St. Thomas,
**St. Theatin-
1709, F.M.Brokoff. behind the statue there's a wiev on the Prague's Venice on the Campa Island.
**St.Philip Benitus-
1714, M.B.Mandl, a marble statue,
**St.Vitus-
1714, F.M.Brokoff,
**St.Savior and St.Cosmas-
1709, J.O.Mayer, the monument cast by the Charles University. |
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