PT Journal
AU Semerad, M
   Havrda, J
TI The chain bridge of Francis I as an archaeological find : Discovery of the entrance ramp to the bridge on the Vltava river side at Mala Strana
SO Staleta Praha
PY 2016
BP 53
EP 72
VL 32
IS 2
DI 10.56112/sp.2016.2.03
WP https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-201602-0003.php
DE chain bridge - industrial archaeology - 19th century - Prague architecture - archaeological excavation - building history - Bedrich Schnirch
SN 02316056
AB Around the mid-19th century three chain bridges were built over River Vltava in Prague. The earliest of these, the bridge of Francis I by the constructor Bedrich Schnirch, was replaced in 1899 by a new stone bridge, today the Legion bridge. During a standard archaeological rescue excavation, the entrance ramp of the bridge was revealed in a trench for the reconstruction of a water pipe in Vitezna street, Mala Strana. This article also mentions other archaeological excavations of Prague industrial buildings.
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