PETRIN TOWER, CHARLES BRIDGE AND CHARLES IV.

KULHÁNKOVÁ ADÉLA, C3A

PETRIN TOWER

• Inspired by the Eiffel Tower

• The Czech tourist club

• Plan by the engineers František Prášil and Julius Souček

• On 20 August 1891

• 63.5 metres

CHARLES BRIDGE

• The foundation stone in 1357

• Finished in 1402

• Connects Old Town with Lesser Town

• Founder King Charles IV.

• 30 statues

• 516 metres

• Architects Petr Parléř and mistr Otto

CHARLES IV. 14.5.1316 – 29.11.1378

• The second king of Bohemia

• The first king of Bohemia – Holy Roman Emperor

• Married four times – Blanche of Valois, Anna of Bavaria, Anna von Schweidnitz and Elizabeth of Pomerania

• Built – Karlstein castle, Kašperk castle, Charles University, Charles bridge,

• Named after Charles IV. – Karlovy Vary, Charles square

• http://www.praguewelcome.cz/en/visit/monuments/top-monuments/55-charles-bridge.shtml

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

• http://www.praguewelcome.cz/en/visit/monuments/top-monuments/62-petrin-view-tower.shtml