2. Pragueis the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the
European Union and the historical capital of Bohemia.
It is situated in the northwest of Czechia on the Vltava river.
3. The Vltava is the longest river within the Czech Republic.
8. The Prague astronomical clock was first installed in 1410, making
it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest
one still working.
9. Church of Our Lady before Týn,
is a gothic church and a dominant
feature of the Old Town of Prague,
since the 14th century.
10. The upper end of Wenceslas Square, with the Statue of St.
Wenceslas and the Czech National Museum in the back.
11. The statue of Saint Wenceslas was sculpted by Josef Václav Myslbek in 1887–1924, and the image of Wenceslas is accompanied by other
Czech patron saints carved into the ornate statue base: Saint Ludmila, Saint Agnes of Bohemia, Saint Prokop, and Saint Adalbert of
Prague.
"Saint Wenceslas, duke of the Czech land, prince of ours, do not le
perish us nor our descendants"
17. Charles Bridge is a historic bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic.
Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished
in the beginning of the 15th century.
On the bridge are 30 mostly baroque statues erected between 1683
and 1714.
20. Saint John of Nepomuk is the saint of Bohemia who was drowned
in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the
Romans and King of Bohemia.
It is the oldest statue on the bridge, 1683.
