Karlov Bridge is one of the most interesting and memorable sights of Prague and the whole Czech Republic. This bridge overshadows its unique and beauty all the other numerous Prague bridges through Vltava. It is surrounded by a huge number of mysterious and mystical stories and legends.
Karlov Bridge was designed by architect Peter Parler to by order of the Czech King of Charles 4 of the Great. Construction began in 1357. The bridge was built for 100 years. The main building material for him was sandstone.
Costs 16 supports, its length is 520 meters, width 9.5 meters. Today, traders are located on the bridge, who can easily be a wide variety of souvenirs, artists, musicians. Karlov Bridge — rightly considered a masterpiece of medieval Gothic. Numerous sculptures are located on the bridge.
The most famous is the statue of Jan Nepomutsky. If you make a desire, putting a hand in this statue, then it will definitely be fulfilled. On the parapet of the bridge, you can see a sign with a cross and five stars, which indicates a place from which Yan Nizomutsky was dropped and drowned, who was the confessor of the queen, the wife of Charles the Great.
