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Charles Bridge
Spanning the Vltava River, connecting the Little Quarter with the Old Town.,
Prague • Little Quarter
The most famous landmark in Prague, the Charles Bridge has been carrying people across the river for hundreds of years. It was commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in 1357 to replace the old Judith Bridge which was destroyed by the flood of 1342. The Judith Bridge was the second medieval stone bridge erected in Europe. Its western tower (built in 1158) still stands just to the south of th...
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Church of Our Lady Before Týn
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Premonstratensian Monastery
Highway 38,
Louka • Louka
A massive complex of red roof and fading yellow facades, the Premonstratensian Monastery is a neglected elder waiting for someone to restore it to its former glory, or put it out of its misery. The fortress was built in the 12th century as one of hundreds of outposts of the Premonstratensian Monks, who fanned out across Europe to bring knowledge, civilization, and religion to a then-uncivilized wo...
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