On the corner of New Town hall and Marianske namesti square in the Old Town of Prague (Stare mesto) stands the statue of The Iron Knight, also know as Iron Man. A hundred years older than the 'Star Wars' movies the sculpture does not represent Darth Vader but, according to one legend, the emperor Rudolph II in disguise, who, a long time ago in a country far, far away, walks to the Jewish quarter to see the young and beautiful doughter of a rabbi. A girl, hidden in a crinkle of his coat, is hiding her face because she knows that it is a sin to fall in love with a christian.
According to another legend the sculpture of the man in armour represents a knight who was turned to stone after being cursed by his love, the daughter of an armourer, with her last breath, after he had stabbed her in a fit of rage when she rejected him.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
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