Review of The Lesser Town Bridge Tower in Prague The top of the tower is a splendid place to see the scale of the Prague Castle Complex.
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There are many opportunities for photographs through the fortifications windows at the top. It was built after 1464 at the expense of Czech King George of Podbrady, replacing an older Romanesque tower, which had been built together with a shorter one, the Judith Tower. You can see many of the spires and towers of Prague from here. The taller of the two Charles Bridge towers, standing on the Lesser Town bank of the Vltava River, is the most recent part of the complex. The top viewpoint lends itself to a fantastic view across the iconic Charles Bridge and beyond into Old Town. In the other direction, you can see the distinctive dome of St Nicholas Church and also the buildings towards Prague Castle. Views From Above The GateĪfter a few flights of stairs you can go outside to the top of the gate, and as a result have some magnificent views across the charles bridge. Visiting this tower should take only an hour, unless taking some serious photographs from the viewing area. There are a few information boards to read on the way up, which are rather interesting. There are lots of stops to do with a few breaks on the way up. There is a ticket office at the entrance. Completed before 1380 as part of the fortifications of the Charles Bridge, it is considered to be the most beautiful Gothic gate in Europe and the most impressive example of Gothic civil engineering style in the world. Visiting the tower is pretty straightforward. Old Town Bridge Tower is the gateway to the famous Charles Bridge from the east side of the Vltava. This is the tower you climb when visiting the attraction.įrom its viewing area at the top of the gothic tower you get a fabulous view of the Vltava River, the castle and the historical old town area. They based the design on the architecture of Old Town Bridge Tower at the other end of the Charles Bridge. They built the taller of the two towers in the Late Gothic tower in 1464. They constructed the smaller tower originally in the Romanesque style, subsequently in 1591, they redesigned it in the Renaissance style. Lesser Town Bridge Towers in Prague Smaller Tower The gate is the entrance to the lesser town at the Prague Castle end of the iconic Charles Bridge.
They built the two towers in two distinct styles. The towers are also known as Malostranské mostecké věže. As you approach, take the time to compare and contrast the two adjacent towers. View the two towers, which stand on either side of a gateway that marks the entrance into Prague’s Lesser Town (Mala Strana). The Old Town Bridge Tower suffered significant damage towards the end of the Thirty Years' War, when its west part was shelled by Swedish troops who were unsuccessfully trying to smash their way through into Old Town from Prague Castle.The Lesser Town Bridge Towers in Prague are rather nice to look at, but even better to climb and see the views. The Lesser Town Bridge Tower is one of two towers at the west end of the world-famous Charles Bridge. The tower is about a 10-minute walk from Old Town Square. Trams 6, 9, 17, 18, and 22 all stop at Národní divadlo, an 8-minute walk from the tower, and bus 294 stops at Mariánské námstí, a 5-minute walk away. The building was structurally completed while Charles IV was still alive his son Václav only had component adornments added. The metro station closest to the Old Town Bridge Tower is Staromstská (on Line A), a 5-minute walk away. The master-builder placed the tower on a bridge pillar between the first and second spans of the bridge. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle.Ĭonstruction commenced shortly after the foundation stone of the Charles Bridge was laid in 1357. The gateway to Prague Old Town was also designed as a symbolic triumphal arch through which Bohemian kings passed with their coronation procession through town on the way to their coronation in the St. The emperor Charles IV had the tower was built together with the bridge according to plans by Peter Parléř. Some 138 steps lead to the tower gallery and the height of the tower is 47 metres above the bridge level. The tower over the first bridge pillar of the Charles Bridge is in the shape of a three-level prism with castellation and a tall pyramidal roof with slate roofing. The Old Town Bridge Tower belongs amongst the most impressive Gothic building works in the world.
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