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Svetog rimskog carstva – čoveka koji je 1357.
naručio da se most podigne. Gradnja je dovr-
šena 1402. godine, a zanimljivo je da je do 1841.
godine to u Pragu bio jedini most preko Vltave.
Pražani će vam, kad ih za to upitate,
spremno prepričati legendu po kojoj je Karlo
IV svojeručno položio kamen temeljac mosta,
tačno u 1357. godine, 9. jula u 5.31 ujutro. Oni
koji veruju ovoj legendi, reći će vam da je mo-
narh predano poštovao pravila numerologije
i da je smatrao da je najpovoljnije graditi na
temeljima numeričkog mosta: 1357. 9. 7.5.31.
Gledajući prema Staromestskoj kuli na
Karlovom mostu, naići ćete na mesto gde su
prikazane glave 27 protestantskih pobunjeni-
ka nakon njihovog pogubljenja 1621. u sabla-
snoj demonstraciji imperijalne moći.
Pre kraja 17. veka na mostu još nije bilo
30 baroknih statua i statueta koje sada stoje
poređane duž mosta. Originalna dela najslav-
nijih skulptora Matijasa Brauna i Jana i Fer-
dinanda Brokofa, čuvaju se u Nacionalnom
muzeju. Najpoznatija je figura s oreolom,
sastavljenim od pet zvezdica, Svetog Jana
Nepomuka, koji je po nalogu kralja Vaclava
IV mučen i bačen u reku, jer je odbio da otkri-
je tajnu koju mu je ispovedila kraljica. Jan je
stradao, ali je postao zaštitnik Češke, a mo-
žda i, pomalo paradoksalno, mostova uopšte.
Šetnja ovim mostom nudi uvid u više od
šest vekova povesti Češke, kao i prelepe pri-
zore njene prestonice.
PRIČA O
JANU NEPOMUKU
Jan Nepomuk je bio vikar u
vreme vladavine kralja Vaclava IV,
krajem 14. veka. Bio je ispovednik
mnogih u gradu, uključujući i kra-
ljevu suprugu, kraljicu Sofiju. Kralj
Vaclav je bio veoma ljubomoran i
sumnjičio je kraljicu za nepoštova-
nje bračnih zaveta. Zatražio je od
Jana da mu otkrije šta mu je kraljica
poverila na ispovesti, ali Nepomuk
je odbio da prekrši sveštenički
zavet. Ljutiti kralj je zapovedio da
Jana odvedu u tamnicu i stave ga
na muke.
Sveštenik je pokušao da se
nagodi: ako prestanu mučenja,
reći će šta je rekla kraljica, ali to
sme čuti samo jedan jedini živi
stvor u tamnici. Kralj je pristao, pod
pretpostavkom da Jan namerava
sve da kaže njemu. No, Nepomuk
je zatražio da svi prisutni napuste
prostoriju kako bi tajnu mogao
šapnuti kraljevom psu. Srditi kralj
je naredio da se mučenje nasta-
vi, sveštenik je izdahnuo i, pod
okriljem noći, bačen je s Karlovog
mosta u reku.
Jan Nepomuk je potajno postao
svetac zaštitnik Čeha, koji su ga
smatrali „mučenikom jezika (za
zubima)“, na osnovu legende o kra-
ljičinoj ispovedi. Praški nadbiskup je
1729. predvodio svečanost progla-
šenja Jana Nepomuka za sveca.
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LEGEND
OF NEPOMUK
John of Nepomuk was a priest
during the reign of King Wenceslas
IV at the end of 14
th
century. He
heard the confessions of many of
the town’s people, including Wenc-
eslas’s wife, Queen Sofia. Wences-
las was very jealous and suspected
Sofia of straying from her marriage
vows. The king asked John what
the queen had revealed, but the
priest refused to tell, saying it was
confidential. The enraged king had
John hauled into a dungeon and
tortured.
The priest tried to strike a
bargain, insisting that if the tor-
ture came to an end he would tell
one soul present in the dungeon
what the queen had said. The king
agreed, assuming John intended
to tell him. But John asked that
everyone present leave the room
so he could whisper the secret to
the king’s dog. The enraged king
ordered the torture to continue. The
priest died and was thrown from
the Charles Bridge into the river
during the dead of night.
John became the underground
patron saint of Czechs, who re-
garded him as a ”martyr of the
tongue” after the legend of the
queen’s confession. In 1729 the
archbishop of Prague conducted his
sanctification.
U podnožju statue Svetog Jana Nepo-
muka, bronzani reljef prikazuje vojnika
u tamnici kako gladi psa, a u pozadini se
kraljica ispoveda svešteniku u ispove-
daonici. Legenda kaže da ako dodirnete
psa, ili sveštenika, i poželite da vaša
tajna zauvek ostane skrivena, želja će
vam se ispuniti.
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At the base of the St. John of Ne-
pomuk statue, a bronze relief shows a
soldier petting a dog in a dungeon, while
in the background the queen is speaking
to a priest in a confession booth. Legend
has it that if you touch the dog or the
priest and wish for a secret to never be
revealed, your wish will be granted.
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laid the first stone, at precisely 5:31am
on the morning of 9
th
July 1357. Those who
believe in this tale will tell you that the mon-
arch was an avid believer in numerology and
deemed it auspicious to build on the founda-
tions of a numerical bridge; 1357 9/7 5:31.
Looking towards the Old Town Bridge
Tower you‘ll see the spot where the heads of
27 Protestant rebels were displayed following
their execution in 1621, in a macabre show of
imperial power.
The 30 Baroque sculptures and statuaries
that now line the bridge were not added until
late in the 17
th
century. The original works,
by celebrated sculptors Matthias Braun and
Ferdinand Brokoff, are now kept within the
National Museum. The most famous figure,
with a halo of five stars, depicts St John of
Nepomuk, who was thrown into the river on
the orders of King Wenceslas IV for refusing
to divulge the queen’s confessions. John
drowned, but became the patron saint of
Bohemia and, perhaps a touch ironically, of
bridges.
Strolling across this one provides in-
sights into more than six centuries of Czech
history and some fine views of the nation’s
capital.
