Prague’s foremost tourist attraction, the Charles Bridge, is lined with statues of saints, giving visitors the feeling that they are being watched over as they cross the Gothic span. Legend has it that one of these saints wasn’t exactly dead when he was transformed into a statue.
In the 14th century, St. John of Nepomuk had taken confession from Queen Johanna, King Wenceslas IV’s wife. When the saint refused to tell the king what was confessed, Wenceslas had the priest tortured and then thrown from the bridge and left to die.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:42 pm
