Prague, at the heart of Europe has a wealth of architectural treasures, one of which is the house "U tří pštrosů" (At the Three Ostriches). The house stands by the Charles Bridge. This stone bridge, one of jewels of Gothic architecture, was built by Charles IV, the Czech king and Holy Roman Emperor. The original house stood on the pier of Charles Bridge, which replaced the earlier Judith Bridge swept away by a flood. During the time of the Hussite upheaval it was burnt down, and then built by Jan Fuchs, a supplier of ostrich feathers, who had the front No.11 of his house decorated with ostriches. However, legend says that ring the rule of Charles IV a foreign delegation that was carrying three ostriches as a present for the Emperor spent a night in the house. These three ostriches became symbols of the house in the centuries that followed. It was the first coffee house in Bohemia, coffee brought by the Greek Deodastus Damascenus. The aroma of roasted coffee adds to the atmosphere of Prague's Malá Strana.