The
statues of Saints feature the
Saint Sigismund I of
Burgundy
Burgundy ( ; ; Burgundian: ''Bregogne'') is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. ...
(left),
Norbert
Norbert is a Germanic given name and infrequent surname, from '' nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright".
People with the given name
Academia
* Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian
* Norbert A’Campo (born 1941), Swiss mathematician
* ...
of
Xanten
Xanten (, Low Rhenish: ''Santen'') is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel.
Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the ...
(middle), and Saint
Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Slavic names#In Slovakia and Czech_Republic, Czech name Václav. The other language versions of the name are , , , , , , among others. It origina ...
of
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
(Right). (). These are sandstone sculptures installed on the north side of 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 ...
in
Prague
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, Czech Republic, created by
Josef Max and commissioned by the patron
Dr. Jeronym Zeidler of the
Strahov Monestary.
Inscriptions
The
inscriptions beneath them read the following:
''"In memory of St. Norbert, a holy patriarch and canon of the Order of Premonstratensians and a patron of the Kingdom of Bohemia, in the year 1853, placed for the third time, with the statues of the venerable kings St. Wenceslas and St. Sigismund, under auspices of Jeroným Zeidler, abbot of Strahov."''
''"St. Wenceslas, martyr, prince and patron of Bohemia. The grace and consolation of the land."''
''"St. Sigismund, martyr, king of Burgundy, patron of Bohemia and eternal warrior of the Kingdom of Christ."''
The statues are of 30 baroque statues of saints and patron saints that were prominent around the years between 1683 and 1714 along the Charles bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Sculptures of saints
Monuments and memorials in Prague
Sculptures of men in Prague
Statues on the Charles Bridge
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
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