Zelezny most / Iron Bridge Traditional Geocache
prospektor: My office is moving to another part of Prague so this cache will no longer be easily available for such frequent renewals.
Zelezny most / Iron Bridge
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[Cz] Mozna jste si za tech par vterin, co prejizdite Cechuv
most, nestihli vsimnout, jak je krasny. Tato nenarocna cache vam k
tomu poskytne prilezitost a navic se muzete potesit pohledem na
Prazsky hrad.
[En] When crossing Cechuv Bridge you may have not had time
to notice its magnificence. This is an easy cache that will give
you a chance to do so and to have a nice look at the Castle.
[Cz] Cechuv most je po proudu Vltavy desatym prazskym
mostem. Je to jediny zelezny obloukovy most v Praze a svou delkou
169 m je nejkratsim prazskym mostem. Jeho sirka je 16 m. Most byl
vystaven v letech 1905 – 1908. Zakonceni stavby kamennych
piliru se dne 17. 4. 1907 ucastnil cisar Frantisek Josef I.
Ocelovou konstrukci vyrobily tri prazske mostarny, kazda po jednom
oblouku (kazdy oblouk ma jinou delku). Vypocet oblouku i piliru
provedl ing. Jiri Soukup. Projektem mostu byl poveren profesor Jan
Koula, architekt a malir. Jeho zasluhou se most stal prvnim
projevem noveho slohu pocatku stoleti - secese.
Chodniky byly dlazdeny tribarevnou mozaikovou dlazbou s barevnymi
obrazci sachovnic a rybicek. Na vozovce byla specialni spalickova
dlazba 13 cm vysoka z tvrdeho australskeho dreva zvaneho Jarrah,
ktera vydrzela az do r. 1961. Umelecka vyzdoba mostu je vyznamna
svym rozsahem i kvalitou. Vsimnete si ctyr bronzovych postav
Viktorii (soch Vitezstvi) stojicich sloupech na koncich mostu. I
ostatni vyzdoba je skvostna – staci se podivat na pilire nebo
zabradli.
Most byl slavnostne otevren 6. 6. 1908 a byl pojmenovan po prave
zesnulem basnikovi Svatopluku Cechovi. Jeho jmeno nese dodnes s
vyjimkou obdobi 1940 – 1945, kdy byl prejmenovan na most
Mendeluv podle Jana Mendela, objevitele teorie dedicnosti.
V letech 1971 – 1975 si vynutila zejmena znacna koroze mostu
generalni rekonstrukci. Oprava plasticke vyzdoby probehla v letech
1984 – 1987. Dalsi rekonstrukce mostu byla provedena v letech
2000 – 2001.
(Informace jsou prevzaty z Prazske informacni sluzby.)
Pres pomerne hustou dopravu myslim, ze pri trose ostrazitosti
trpelivosti je mozno kes odlovit docela bezpecne.
Vybirejte a ukladejte prosim opatrne, keska by rada navstivila
Hamburk, coz se ji muze lehce stat.
[En] Cechuv Bridge is the tenth bridge in Prague along the
flow of Vltava. It is the only iron arc bridge in the city and with
its length of 185 yds. it is the shortest bridge in Prague. It has
17.5 yds. in width. The bridge was built between 1905 and 1908. The
construction of stone pillars was ceremonially finished in the
presence of the emperor Franz Josef I on 17 April 1907. The steel
construction of each of the three arcs was made by different
company from Prague (the span of each arc being different).
The artistic embellishment is superlative in terms of both extent
and quality. Note four bronze statues of Victory standing on tall
posts at both ends of the bridge. Further embellishment is rich and
magnificent, as well – look e.g. at the pillars and the outer
side of ballustrade.
(The information was taken from the Prague Information
Service.)
There is a pretty heavy traffic on the bridge, however I think if
you are vigilant & patient you can visit the cache almost
unspotted.
Please be pick up and hide carefully, the cache tends to fall and
float to Hamburg.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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