Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:33:52 +0200https://english.radio.cz/1890-flood-destroyed-three-arches-pragues-famous-charles-bridge-8064852© 2026 Radio Prague International On Wednesday afternoon, the rising floodwaters of the river Vltava were just a couple of metres below Prague's famous medieval Charles Bridge, which has been closed to the public since Tuesday morning. Preservationists, Prague citizens and tourists have been keeping their fingers crossed that no harm befalls the historic bridge. What you may not know is that - over 100 years ago - several parts of Charles Bridge were actually washed away in tumultuous floods. Ian Willoughby has the story. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/praha1890b.jpg?timestamp=1590245841 https://english.radio.cz/1890-flood-destroyed-three-arches-pragues-famous-charles-bridge-8064852 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9