Charles Bridge & Lesser Town

An emperor's bridge and its 'magic' founding minute, worked out by an astronomer in 1979; a two-metre Jesuit the Swedes took for a sorcerer; a saint's statue fished out of the river in pieces; a priest thrown from the parapet and the lucky shine that only began after 1989; an exile's museum swamped a year before it opened; a wall the secret police could not keep clean; and Prague's farewell to Mozart. From the Old Town Bridge Tower across Charles Bridge to the Lesser Town Square.

What you'll hear

1. 1Old Town Bridge TowerStartThe bridge's 'magic' founding minute, 5:31, was worked out by an astronomer in 1979.
2. 2Bronze CrucifixThe Swedes thought the tall Jesuit who held this bridge was a sorcerer.
3. 3St Francis Xavier StatueThe saint fell into the river in 1890 and was fished out in pieces sixteen years later.
4. 4St John of Nepomuk StatueThe lucky shine on the plaques only started after the Velvet Revolution.
5. 5Museum KampaThe flood carried the museum's giant chair more than 30 kilometres down the river, and it came back.
6. 6Lennon WallIn 1988 the Communists tried to hold their own Lennon concert.
7. 7St Nicholas ChurchFour thousand people mourned Mozart here, to someone else's Requiem.

What this tour offers

• Self-guided walking tour
• 7 stops, with directions between each
• 18 minutes of narration
• Keeps playing with your phone locked
• Yours to keep, replay anytime
• Earns your Prague passport stamp

Where you'll be

Karlův most, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

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