*Ø* Lucky number for Charles's bridge
Saturday, July 9, 1357, 5:31 am: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assisted laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
How do we know the precise time? Because the palindromic number 135797531, carved on the Old Town bridge tower, was chosen by the royal astrologists and numerologists as the best time for starting the bridge construction.
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Saturday, July 9, 1357, 5:31 am: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assisted laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
How do we know the precise time? Because the palindromic number 135797531, carved on the Old Town bridge tower, was chosen by the royal astrologists and numerologists as the best time for starting the bridge construction.
The image at right, if it’s appearing, is generated by a live webcam. Webcam images refresh at set intervals, so if you refresh this page it might show a changed image.
Wilson's Webcam Watch is a small but growing list of live webcams you can see in various pages in the Book of Days. For example,
Old Faithful
Hong Kong Harbour
Niagara Falls
Loch Ness
and the Eiffel Tower, for starters.
Recommend a webcam
Is there an online webcam you know that you'd like to see in the Book of Days? Maybe it's in a favourite city or at a tourist spot you love. Maybe a game park or an ant farm. If it relates to an item in the Book of Days, or an item that should be in the BoD, let me know.
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date when you're there.
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