The Palacký Bridge (1876) () is a bridge in Prague. It is one of the oldest functioning bridges over the

Vltava The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague. It is com ...

in Prague after the

Charles Bridge Charles Bridge ( , ) is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century.; The bridge replaced ...

. It was built as the third major bridge shortly after the 1868 opening of the

Franz Joseph Bridge Franz Joseph Bridge (), later renamed Štefanik Bridge (), was a suspension bridge over the Vltava in Prague, opened in 1868. The bridge was designed by the English engineer Rowland Mason Ordish. The design, which used the Ordish–Lefeuvre syst ...

, designed by

Rowland Mason Ordish Rowland Mason Ordish (11 April 1824 – 1886) was an English engineer. He is most noted for his design of the Winter Garden, Dublin (1865), for his detailed work on the single-span roof of London's St Pancras railway station, undertaken with Wil ...

which was damaged in 1941 and dismantled in 1946.''The new Werner twentieth century edition of the Encyclopaedia'' Vol.19 1907 "The two sides of the river are connected by seven bridges, of which the most important are the Kaiser Franz suspension bridge, the new Palacky bridge, and the fine old Carls bridge. This last, erected between 1350 and 1500, "

Josef Václav Myslbek Josef Václav Myslbek (20 June 1848 – 2 June 1922) was a Czech sculptor and medalist credited with founding the modern Czech sculpting style.Stech, V. V. Josef Vaclav Myslbek, Prague, 1954. Artia. Life Josef grew up poor in a suburb of Prague ...

created statues of four pairs of legendary couples for the bridge: '' Ctirad and Šárka'', '' Libuše and Přemysl'', '' Lumír and Píseň '', and ''

Záboj and Slavoj ''Záboj and Slavoj'' () is an outdoor sculpture by Josef Václav Myslbek, installed at Vyšehradské sady in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic. It depicts the heroic brothers from the manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and of Zelená Hora. The ...

''. These were later removed to the grounds of the

Vyšehrad Vyšehrad (German: ''Wyschehrad,'' ''Prager Hochburg'', English: "upper castle") is a historic fort in Prague, Czech Republic, just over 3 km southeast of Prague Castle, on the east bank of the Vltava River. It was probably built in the 1 ...

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* Bridges completed in 1876 Bridges in Prague Bridges over the Vltava New Town, Prague Smíchov 1876 establishments in Austria-Hungary {{CzechRepublic-bridge-struct-stub