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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.
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 ...
The statue of Saint Joseph (Czech: Socha svatého Josefa) with a young Jesus is an outdoor sculpture by Josef Max, installed on the south side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. External links
Pages in category "Statues on the Charles Bridge" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Statues of Madonna and Saint Bernard (Czech: Sousoší Madony a svatého Bernarda) by Matěj Václav Jäckel are installed on the north side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
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 ]
The statue of Jude the Apostle (Czech: Socha svatého Judy Tadeáše) is an outdoor sculpture by Jan Oldřich Mayer, installed on the north side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. External links
Matthias Rauchmiller's clay model (1681) for the statue of St John of Nepomuk which was placed Charles Bridge in Prague in 1683. Its iconography (bearded priest leaning to one side, wearing biretta, holding crucifix, haloed by five stars) became the archetype for later representations of this saint.