Munich Prague Berlin
Part 6
Vineyards and views on the way down to the river.
Many pictures taken here.
Just plain pretty.
Many walkways were patterned of black and white stone.
We reached the Charles Bridge over the Vltava.
Our city guide told us the history of the bridge.
The statue of John of Nepomuk. On 20 March 1393 he was thrown into the
river Vltava from the Charles Bridge at the behest of
Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. He is
usually portrayed with a halo of five stars, commemorating
the stars that hovered over the Vltava River on the night of his murder.
There were several groups of performers on the bridge.
The group hears about the statue of Charles IV.
The bronze Charles IV. Monument was designed by Arnost J. HŠhnel. The
pedestal is adorned with allegories of
four faculties: faculty of theology, medicine, law and philosophy.
We finally reach the Old Town Square and the
Prague astronomical clock. Lots of people.
A very busy area.
Wooden statue of V‡clav Havel, last president of Czechoslovakia
and the first President of the Czech Republic.
Wenceslas Square with the National Museum at the far end.
Stopped here to hear about the Velvet Revolution.
The Metronome is a giant metronome in Letn‡ Park, overlooking the Vltava
River and
the city center of Prague. It was erected in 1991,
on the plinth left vacant by the destruction in 1962 of an enormous monument to former Soviet leader Joseph
Stalin.
After the walking tour we took a boat ride on the Vltava. Nice room at the bow for buffet lunch.
A market on the shore.
Some of the group had a long evening before.
