Charles Bridge - is the oldest bridge in Prague and the world-famous architectural monument. Its foundation stone was laid in 1357 by King Charles IV. Originally called the Prague or Stone began to be called as Charles until around the 1870s.

The oldest, most beautiful, magical. These are the attributes that are associated with Prague's Charles Bridge. It was built on the site of the Romanesque Judith Bridge, named after the wife of King Vladislav II. The original bridge demolished in 1342 by the swollen Vltava. Some parts, however, are still visible today, for example Romanesque relief indoors smaller Lesser Town Bridge Tower.

The foundation stone of a new stone bridge laid by Charles IV. On July 9, 1357 in 5 hours and 31 minutes. The date and exact time (conjunction of the Sun and Saturn), the king's court astrologer calculated. It is interesting that the numbers recorded in a row and transferred into graphic form, appears as a pyramid with nine on top. Construction of the bridge took smelter builder Peter Parler, who was its completion, as well as King, forthcoming. The building was fully completed until 1402.

The bridge supports sixteen arcs, length is 515.76 m, its greatest width is 9.5 meters. Today it is decorated with thirty-one sculptures. In the past, the bridge was heavily damaged several times, suffered from the floods and the effects of military conflicts. To one of the heaviest damage occurred in 1890, when a massive N�plava tore down two wooden pillars and three arches.

Charles Bridge connects the Old Town with Mala Strana.
From 1883 through it ferried passengers horse track, it was in 1905 replaced by an electric tram service. To contact line is disturbed look historically attractive place, ingenious Czech inventor in the field of electrical Frantisek Krizik lower power electric cars. After three years, however, the tram service was canceled because the bridge running over a relatively heavy car suffered. Shortly work even bus service, but it was in 1909 for the same reasons also canceled. Buses on the bridge back in 1932, since 1965, serving the Charles Bridge for pedestrians only.