At the other end of the bridge, protecting the Lesser Town, are two towers joined by a stone gateway.
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| This was taken fairly early in the morning - the bridge gets considerably busy after most people's breakfast-time |
The smaller tower dates from the 1100s, when it guarded the Charles Bridge's predecessor, Judith's Bridge, named after the second wife of Bohemia's King Vladislav II.
The tower was considerably modernised in 1591, by which time it had been overshadowed by its larger companion, built in the second half of the 1400s.
The taller tower has a gap in the battlements, supposedly caused by ravens landing on it.
The story goes that the loose stone plummeted to the ground, killing a brave knight who was returning from a series of battles in which he had suffered not so much as a scratch.
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