Freelance Copywriting & Original Photography
Freelance Copywriting & Original Photography
Saint Ludmila was the grandmother and guardian of St. Wenceslas, aka Good King Wenceslas. Legend has it she was strangled in chapel with her own veil (note her left hand). Wenceslas’s mother, Drahomira, didn’t approve of Christian policies or mother-in-laws. That might account for Ludmila being the patron saint of
16th-century Spanish missionary famous for his work in the East. Here he is baptizing a group of Indian and Japanese princes (whether they will or no). Sculptor: Cenek Vosmík (1913) – Replica of Ferdinand Brokoff’s original 1711 sculpture, which fell into the river during the floods of 1890. Original commissioned
Patron of Holy Souls. Sculptor: Jan Bedrich Kohl (1708) – Replica. Commissioned by the Augustinian order convent of St. Thomas in Prague.
Like the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Charles Bridge in Prague is the tourist spot. The best time to see it may be dawn. You’ll have the company of a few photographers, three teenagers getting high, one lone and grumpy security guard and the rising sun. The 14th-15th century bridge
St. John the Baptist Sculptor: Josef Max (1857) Commissioned by Norbert Gemrich of Neuberk.
St. Anne with Madonna and Child. Sculptor: Matej Václav Jäckel (1707) Commissioned by Count Rudolf of Lisov, hetman of the New Town of Prague.