Charles Bridge
Gothic stone bridge lined with baroque saints, where a shining relief marks a martyr's fall into the river below.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Charles Bridge in Prague follows the story behind the stone railing where a small cross and bronze stars mark the death of Jan of Nepomuk, a churchman thrown into the Vltava by King Wenceslaus the Fourth in 1393. It traces the dispute between the two men and the more scandalous rumor that outlived it, of a secret the priest supposedly refused to betray. Along the way it points out the bronze statue raised on the spot centuries later, standing where the crowd still gathers today.
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