100 years ago, the Svatopluk Čech Bridge in Prague was put into operation

Prague - 100 years ago, on June 6, 1908, the Svatopluk Čech Bridge was officially put into operation in Prague, currently the only iron arch bridge in the metropolis. The bridge connecting Pařížská Street with the riverside road below Letná is the shortest of all Prague bridges spanning the Vltava River - measuring 169 meters.
    Its construction began in 1905 and was closely related to the sanitation of the former Jewish town. It was intended to be part of a grand route from Wenceslas Square through the Old Town Square, Pařížská Street, and a pioneer passage or tunnel through Letná Hill to Prague Castle. However, this original idea was not fully realized.
    The bridge was named after the poet and writer Svatopluk Čech, who died a few months before the bridge opened. In 1940, it was renamed after the Brno Augustinian and founder of genetics Johann Gregor Mendel to Mendel Bridge, and since 1945 it has borne its current name - Čechův Bridge. It is the only such large and decorated bridge structure in Bohemia from the Art Nouveau period, and therefore it is classified as a protected technical monument.