Walking across the Charles Bridge in the morning in Prague, Czech Republic. 7 a.m.,CITY SOUND, empty

Binaural 3D Audio, 23/06/2020, Walking through the Charles Bridge at 7 am with my buddy Staffordshire bullterrier Noah. Not a vlog, a pure city as it is.
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Сharles Bridge is the oldest bridge still standing over the Vltava river in Prague and the second oldest bridge in the Czech Republic. Charles IV had it built in 1357, after the previous bridge (“Judith Bridge”) had been destroyed by floods in 1342. The construction of the bridge was led by Peter Parler (“Petr Parléř” in Czech), the famous German-Czech architect, and it took almost half a century to finish it (It was completed in 1402). The bridge, formerly known as “Stone” or “Prague”, has only been called “Charles Bridge” since 1870. And until 1841 it was the only bridge over the Vltava river in Prague.
Charles Bridge has undergone many restoration procedures. And recently (February 2016), there was a scandal…in a sad and hardly understandable act of vandalism, some foreign tourists damaged the bridge – spraying signs on it. If caught, the vandals might theoretically face a sentence of up to three years of imprisonment. Of course, the damage will be fixed, but this affair might serve as a symbolical reminder of how even the most valuable historical landmarks, that have lasted for centuries, today often face threats by thoughtless people who are not able to respect what hundreds of thousands of people come to admire every year…
Charles Bridge, spanning the Vltava river with 16 pillars, is rich in statues and decorative lamps, and it catches the eye immediately with its beautiful Gothic bridge towers on both ends. You will find three tens of magnificent statues on the bridge, mounted in two rows. We could basically write a whole article on every single one of them, without becoming boring, since these art pieces all burst with their own stories and meaning. So let´s just briefly describe some of them…

One of the most interesting statues on Charles Bridge is definitely the Statue of St. John of Nepomuk. It has a huge religious meaning, since it immortalizes the memory of John of Nepomuk (“Jan Nepomucký” or “Johánek z Pomuka” in Czech), one of the most significant Czech saints. According to a legend, John of Nepomuk was tortured to death after he refused to give away the confessional secret of the queen. And allegedly his tongue stayed preserved hundreds of years after his death – thanks to his honesty. Many people believe that it brings luck if you touch the statue…

The Statue of Saints Vincent Ferrer and Procopius is one of the most artistically important ones on Charles Bridge. It was created by the Czech sculptor and carver Ferdinand Brokoff in 1712. There is a column with a sculpture of a famous mythical Bohemian knight Bruncvik behind this statue. It shows Bruncvik (“Bruncvík” in Czech) with a golden sword and a lion at his feet. This is because, according to a legend, Bruncvik once bravely helped a lion fight a huge dragon. And the lion, of course, then became the knight´s friend.

The sculpture group of St. Lutgarde is especially interesting from an artistic point of view, being maybe the most praised piece of art on the bridge. It was created by Matthias Braun, (“Matyáš Bernard Braun”) perhaps the most famous of the Czech late baroque style sculptors, in 1710. It shows the Czech saint and blind nun´s Lutgarde (“Luitgarda”) vision of crucified Jesus.