Statues on Old Town bridge tower, Prague, Czech Republic

Statues of St Adalbert wearing a mitre and holding a crozier and St Sigismund wearing a crown and holding a sceptre, orb and cross, from the top of the Gothic style Old Town bridge tower at the end of the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, built 1357 - 15th century across the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Adalbert of Prague, 956-997, was a Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary and patron saint of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and Prussia. St Sigismund was a patron saint of Bohemia whose relics are held in Prague. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Adalbert Bohemia Crozier Czechs Karluv Median Mitre Patron Praha Quatrefoil Sceptre Sigismund

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