Thursday, August 4, 2011

Charles Bridge = AMAZING

The Charles Bridge is located in Prague, Czech Republic. Many of you reading this have seen the Charles Bridge and do not realize it. In the critically acclaimed film  XXX staring Vin Diesel had a dramatic ending where Vin Diesel's character saves the world and ends up in the river right at the Charles river bridge. He is shown on the wooden "wedges" that protect the bridge from floating debris. 

  • Construction started on the bridge in 1357 under the reign of King Charles iV, and finished in the early 1400s. 
  • It was the only way to cross the River Vltava for 400 years!!
  • It connected the Prague Castle and the Old town area.
  • 516 meters long
  • 10 meters wide
  • 16 arches
  • Three bridge ("guard") towers
  • In the 1700s the bridge had 30 baroque style statues (they have since been replaced with replicas)
  • The Old town bridge tower displayed the severed heats of 27 leaders from the anti-habsburg revolt (1621) in an attempt to stop any further resistance

I took many pictures of the Bridge, and the statues. Below is my favorite, and the rest can be seen in my photobucket account.



The agony on his face really caught my attention. It was almost as if I could feel his pain.

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