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CHARLES BRIDGE
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Strolling across Charles Bridge is everybody's favourite Prague activity.
However, by 9am it can be a 500m-long fairground, with an army of tourists
squeezing through a gauntlet of hawkers and buskers beneath the impassive
gaze of the baroque statues that line the parapets - try to visit early or late. In
the crush, don't forget to look at the bridge itself (the bridge towers have great
views) and the grand vistas up and down the river.
History
In 1357 Charles IV commissioned Peter Parler (the architect of St Vitus Cathedral) to
replace the 12th-century Judith Bridge, which had been washed away by floods in
1342. (You can see the only surviving arch of the Judith Bridge by taking a boat trip
with Prague Venice ( CLICK HERE )).
 
 
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