Another vandal desecrated the Charles bridge. He could face up to three years in prison.
Charles Bridge in Prague has very little tolerance for vandals. Someone repainted the medieval monument recently – the fresh work appeared on a pole about 20 meters from the city’s abandoned police office.
The inscription that the unknown author created on the bridge is approximately two meters long. “If caught, he faces up to three years in prison,” said police officer Violeta Siřišťová.
It’s not the first time it’s happened. Although the bridge is guarded by cameras, attacks by vandals occur relatively often. In July 2019, one of the pillars was vandalized by German tourists.
One of them was sentenced to one year of probation, a fine of one hundred thousand crowns and banishment for five years. Two years later, a seventeen-year-old boy and a girl a year younger scrawled blue on the railing and base of a statue.
Unfortunately, there are more cases of destruction of Prague’s monuments. The last time this year in July was a group of young people who scribbled on the wall at the so-called Fisherman’s House in Kampa.
“They caused a lot of damage because they destroyed a lot of square meters,” Miloslav Černý (52), who heads the Antigraffiti program for Praha 1, told Blesk at the time.
As the tourist season gets busier, authorities must remain vigilant against vandalism of Prague’s historic monuments.