📜 A historic Art Nouveau bridge in Prague, constructed between 1905 and 1908.
✨ Notable for its ornate decorations and unique status as Prague's shortest and only large Art Nouveau bridge.
🏛️ Admire the unique Art Nouveau architecture by Jan Koula.
🌉 Walk across a steel bridge spanning 169 meters with three distinct arches.
🗽 Marvel at the four impressive 3-meter-high bronze sculptures of Victorias (goddesses of victory) by Antonín Popp.
📸 Capture stunning views of Prague and the Vltava River from this historic landmark.
📖 Discover a bridge with a rich past, including its role in the redevelopment of the former Jewish Town.
⚙️ See a protected technical monument, the only large Art Nouveau bridge structure in the Czech Republic.
🏗️ Built between 1905 and 1908 by engineers Jiří Soukup, Václav Trča, František Mencl, and architect Jan Koula.
👑 Named after the Czech poet and prose writer Svatopluk Čech, officially opened on June 6, 1908.
🔄 Temporarily renamed Mendelův most (Mendel Bridge) from 1940 to 1945.
🛠️ Underwent its last major reconstruction from October 2000 to June 2001.
📏 Measures 169 meters in length and 16 meters in width, making it the shortest bridge in Prague.
🌉 Features three main arches with spans of 48, 53, and 59 meters.
💡 The steel structure originally incorporated water, gas, and electrical lines.
🛣️ The roadway, initially paved with wooden blocks, was later replaced with an asphalt layer.