3499 x 5249 px | 29,6 x 44,4 cm | 11,7 x 17,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
13 gennaio 2008
Ubicazione:
Smetanova nabrezi, Prague Czech Republic
Altre informazioni:
detail of the equestrian statue of Francis I King of Bohemia Francis II Holy Roman Emperor successor to Leopold II The statue is Neo Gothic allegory with figures representing the 16 regions of Bohemia with Francis I seated on horseback in the center of the tower Urban myth claims that the statue was originally designed to be a steeple for the completion of St Vitus but it was too heavy The statue is created by Joseph Max and Joseph Bohm about 1840 and placed by fountain created by Josef Kranner on the Smetanova nabrezi along the Vltava Significance is that Francis I opposed Napoleon and attacked France three times and lost at Austerlitz which made him a vassal by the Treaty of Pressburg He aligned himself with Great Britain Prussia and Russia for Napoleon s final defeat freeing Austria Hungary of the Napoleonic threat and establishing the German Confederation
