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(Charles Bridge)

Svatý Jan Nepomucký Relief

Saint John of Nepomuk relief

Nepomuk c. 1345 - Praha 1393
confessor of the queen of Bohemia, refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. At the behest of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia he was thrown from the Charles Bridge in Prague and drowned. John of Nepomuk is patron saint of bridges
(Wikipedia)

Petr Hartmann
2009

Description

Iron forged grid with relief on the spot where according to the legend St. John of Nepomuk was thrown from the bridge.

Inscription(s)

Signed: petr hartmann fecit 2009

Sculptor

Petr Hartmann.

Locatie (N 50°5'11" - E 14°24'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr055; Photograph: 18 February 2011
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