The 500-metre-long Charles Bridge in Prague connects the Malá Strana and Staré Mesto districts; the Old Town and the Lesser Town over 16 arches. The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV, who was born in Prague on 14 May 1316, commissioned the construction of the bridge in 1357. The Charles Bridge over the Vltava is one of the oldest and longest Gothic stone bridges in Europe. Bounded by two towers, it is open only to pedestrians and is very busy almost around the clock. A must for every visitor to Prague, if only because the view over the river and of the castle from here is simply great. The bridge has connected Prague's Old Town with the Lesser Town for 650 years. An average of 30,000 pedestrians stroll across the bridge every day. Numerous statues of saints line both sides of the bridge, such as St. Christopher, St. Joseph or St. John the Baptist. The most famous saintly figure, however, is that of St. Jan Nepomuk, who was thrown into the Vltava River at this spot, as the story goes. The bridge is something of an open-air museum, even though numerous figures can no longer be seen as originals.
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