Ten bridges have been built across the Vltava River in the Czech capital. The shortest among them is the Chekhov Bridge (? Ech? V most): only 170 meters long and 16 meters wide. There is a building on a stone base and equipped with three metal arched spans. Like other sights of Prague, it has its own unique history. Chekhov Bridge was built for three years (1905-1908). The only one in the city, built in the style of "modern". The author of the project is Jan Koulny, a well-known modernist architect. The engineer of the building was Jiri Soukup.
The view of the bridge is really original, and therefore even inexperienced tourists will never take it for any other. Speaking about the features of this without exaggerating the architectural masterpiece, we must mention the type of its supports. Those of them that are downstream are decorated with statues of Svitochov or, in Czech, Svetlonoshey. The stone statues are made in the form of women with torches in their outstretched arms, who leaned forward slightly, as if in flight.
The view is no less impressive when viewed against the current. From here you can see the sculpture of hydra, which in turn has a heraldic decoration - the coat of arms of Prague, which harmoniously complements this unusual architectural composition.
It is worth noting the bronze sculptures of the goddess of victory Victoria (two at each end of the building) with gilded branches. Immediately after the commissioning of the city received its current name. And he owes them a man named Svatopluk Cech, a famous Czech writer.
The view of the bridge is really original, and therefore even inexperienced tourists will never take it for any other. Speaking about the features of this without exaggerating the architectural masterpiece, we must mention the type of its supports. Those of them that are downstream are decorated with statues of Svitochov or, in Czech, Svetlonoshey. The stone statues are made in the form of women with torches in their outstretched arms, who leaned forward slightly, as if in flight.
The view is no less impressive when viewed against the current. From here you can see the sculpture of hydra, which in turn has a heraldic decoration - the coat of arms of Prague, which harmoniously complements this unusual architectural composition.
It is worth noting the bronze sculptures of the goddess of victory Victoria (two at each end of the building) with gilded branches. Immediately after the commissioning of the city received its current name. And he owes them a man named Svatopluk Cech, a famous Czech writer.
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