CHARLES BRIDGE , Introduction

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world: Charles Bridge in Prague, one of the finest masterworks of Gothic civil engineering.

The bridge was built on the orders of Charles IV, the king who made fourteenth-century Prague one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the task was entrusted to the German architect Peter Parler, who also designed the St Vitus Cathedral.

The moment of foundation of the bridge was established by the leading astrologists of the age: 9 July 1357, at 5.31 a.m., because 1 3 5 7 9 7 5 3 1 is a palindrome and considered magical.

The bridge was built over a previous medieval bridge, and was designed as a striking connection between the two sides of the city, divided by the Vltava River....