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Adorned with its 30 famous statues of saints, the Charles Bridge connects since the 14th century, the district of Malà Strana to the old town, Staré Mesto.
We pass from a setting made of steep streets with red roofs, po- pulated with baroque churches, the atmosphere of pastel facades of elegant houses punctuated with the sound of an astronomical clock and golden bells.
A spiritual place, magical and steeped in history, the old ghetto remains one of the largest sets of Jewish monuments in Europe.
Founded in the 15th century, it has 12,000 Gothic tombstones with the Old Cemetery adjoining the synagogues.