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Charles Bridge: Then and Now

Stone bridge over the Vltava begun under Charles IV in 1357; its baroque statues were added from about 1700.

Historical view
Charles Bridge, historical view
Charles Bridge and Prague Castle on a postcard of the mid-1930s. Nakl. pohlednic Z. Broz, Praha, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Today
Charles Bridge, today
A.Savin, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todayCzech Republic
StatusStanding
Date1357
Nearest city on the mapVienna (about 253 km)
Location50.087° N, 14.411° E
Map showing Charles Bridge in 1300Charles Bridge
Border map for 1300. See Europe in 1300.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BCHallstatt culture
323 BC–699Unclaimed / no data
700–899Czechs
900–999Great Moravia
1000–1099Holy Roman Empire
1100–1299Poland
1300–1782Holy Roman Empire
1783–1879Austrian Empire
1880–1913Austria Hungary
1914–1919Austro-Hungarian Empire
1920–1993Czechoslovakia
1994–todayCzech Republic

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