Prague — the Charles Bridge

We decided to walk across the Charles Bridge, or Karlovy Most, a beautiful pedestrian bridge across the Vitavy River in the old city of Prague.

View of the Charles Bridge

View of the Charles Bridge

We, that is, and about ten thousand other tourists.

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You can see a good number of them in this view of the Gothic bridge tower guarding the Old Town end of the bridge.

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The views across (and up and down) the river are lovely.

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The Manes Bridge

The Manes Bridge

The Lesser Town (with St. Vitus Cathedral)

The Lesser Town (with St. Vitus Cathedral)

Old Town with painted house

Old Town with painted house

Old Town with churches

Old Town with churches

The bridge is adorned with thirty mostly Baroque statues–replicas of the originals, which are now housed in the National Museum.

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On the day we were there, it was also adorned with a talented band of jazz musicians.

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