Charles Bridge

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historic monument stone arch bridge tourist attraction

Charles Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, famed for its Gothic towers and baroque statues and for linking the city’s Old Town with the Lesser Town across the Vltava River.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Charles Bridge canonical	21
Charles Bridge (superstructure and towers)	1
Charles Bridge complex	1
Prague Bridge	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic monument ⓘ stone arch bridge ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
builtInPoliticalEntity	Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
city	Prague ⓘ
connects	Malá Strana ⓘ surface form: Lesser Town, Prague Old Town, Prague ⓘ
constructionEndYear	early 15th century ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1357-07-09 ⓘ
constructionStartYear	1357 ⓘ
coordinates	approximately 50.0865°N 14.4114°E ⓘ
country	Czech Republic ⓘ
crosses	Vltava River ⓘ
designedUnderRuleOf	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ surface form: Charles IV
floodEvent	damaged by floods in 1890 ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	Charles Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prague Bridge Stone Bridge ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Baroque ⓘ surface form: Baroque (statuary) Gothic architecture ⓘ
hasFeature	Gothic bridge towers ⓘ baroque statues ⓘ pedestrian-only deck ⓘ
hasLength	about 516 meters ⓘ
hasPart	Lesser Town Bridge Towers ⓘ Old Town Bridge Tower ⓘ
hasStatueOf	Saint John of Nepomuk ⓘ various saints ⓘ
hasTraffic	pedestrians only ⓘ
hasViewOf	Prague Castle ⓘ Vltava River ⓘ
hasWidth	about 9.5 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Cultural Monument of the Czech Republic ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Prague)
locatedIn	Czech Republic ⓘ Prague ⓘ
materialUsed	Bohemian sandstone ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ surface form: King Charles IV
numberOfArches	16 ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
owner	Prague ⓘ surface form: City of Prague
partOf	Historic Centre of Prague ⓘ
region	Bohemia ⓘ
replaced	Judith Bridge ⓘ
significance	symbol of Prague ⓘ
touristActivity	street artists and vendors ⓘ sunrise and sunset viewing ⓘ
usedFor	pedestrian traffic ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor → commissioned → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Prague → knownFor → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Prague → hasLandmark → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Charles Bridge → formerlyKnownAs → Charles Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prague Bridge

Rudolfinum → nearby → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Vltava River → hasBridge → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Malá Strana → hasLandmark → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Malá Strana → crossedBy → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Mini-Europe → hasLandmarkModel → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Old Town Bridge Tower → partOf → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Old Town Bridge Tower → connectsTo → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Lesser Town Bridge Towers → partOf → Charles Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Bridge complex

Lesser Town Bridge Towers → locatedOn → Charles Bridge ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Lesser Town Bridge Tower

Lesser Town Bridge Towers → connectsTo → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Saint John of Nepomuk → associatedWith → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Old Town, Prague → hasPart → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Historic Centre of Prague → contains → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Peter Parler → notableWork → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Peter Parler → architectOf → Charles Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Bridge (superstructure and towers)

Karel IV. → commissioned → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Old Town Hall Tower → hasViewOf → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Prague 1 → contains → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Smetana Embankment → hasViewOf → Charles Bridge ⓘ

Smetana Embankment → connectsTo → Charles Bridge ⓘ