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  2. Charles Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Charles Bridge (Czech: Karlův most [ˈkarluːf ˈmost] ⓘ) is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV , and finished in the early 15th century. [ 2 ]

  3. Charles Bridges (theologian) - Wikipedia

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    Educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, [4] he was ordained in 1817 and served from 1823 to 1849 as vicar of Old Newton, Suffolk. [1] [3] Thomas Chalmers wrote, My excellent friend, the Rev. Charles Bridges, of Old Newton, Suffolk, finds, I am sure, most ample occupation among those six hundred people whom he may be said to have domesticated into one parochial family; and, were it not for his ...

  4. Charles Bridges - Wikipedia

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    Charles Bridges may refer to: Charles Bridges (theologian) (1794–1869), preacher and theologian in the Church of England; Charles Bridges (painter) (1672–1747), English painter active in the American colonies; Charles Bridges (politician) (1881–1955), Australian politician; Charles Scott Bridges (1903–1961), American corporate executive

  5. List of statues on Charles Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Charles Bridge, 2006. There are 30 statues mounted to the balustrade of Charles Bridge in Prague.They form two rows, one on each side. For the purpose of this article, they are listed in the order they are passed when crossing the bridge from the Old Town to the Lesser Quarter, and are divided into two categories: those on the north side of the bridge and those on the south side.

  6. Alexander Spotswood - Wikipedia

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    Coat of Arms of Alexander Spotswood. Alexander Spotswood was born in Tangier, a city on the African shore of the Strait of Gibraltar, in 1676.At that time the city, under English occupation, was run by a local governor and housed a garrison, where Spotswood's father, Robert, practiced as surgeon, [1] first as surgeon George Elliott's assistant, succeeding him when he died and marrying his ...

  7. Calvary, Charles Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The first cross was standing on the Charles bridge since the 14th century, documented by chronicles of the Roman emperor Charles IV and in 1606 by Aegidius Sadeler's Prospect od Prague. The main statue of the Jesus on the cross was cast in bronze by Hans Hillger in Dresden after the model made by sculptor Wolf Ernst Brohn in 1628 , in an early ...

  8. Charles Bridges (painter) - Wikipedia

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    His family was of the gentry, and was well-educated; a brother, John Bridges, was a barrister and well-regarded historian of Northamptonshire. [1] He married Alice Flower on 4 August 1687, at Saint Marylebone, near London; the couple had at least three children, a son and two daughters. [ 1 ]

  9. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Charles IV near Charles Bridge (1848), Prague, by Ernst Julius Hähnel. Prague became the capital of the Holy Roman Empire during the reign of Charles IV. The name of the royal founder and patron remains on many monuments and institutions, for example Charles University, Charles Bridge, Charles Square.