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Dvorák Embankment runs from the street Na rejdišti to the Square of the Curies by the Cech Bridge. For automobile traffic this segment is one way upstream. Subsequently, from the Cech Bridge up to the Štefánik Bridge the traffic is bidirectional.

This is a fairly important transport communications, even though it belongs to the touristy center. Adjacent with the embankment is the hospital and monastery complex both called Na Františku. The segment of the waterfront from today’s Parížská Street to Dušní Street used to be part of Sanytrová Street up until the 19th century. There used to be a spa on the embankment, yards with storage of timber, and production of saltpeter.

The embankment was built here in 1904 and it has been called Dvorákovo since its inception. In some periods, however, its entire eastern segment was referred to as street Na Františku. There are two major buildings on the embankment – the Faculty of Law of the Charles University built by architect Ladislav Machon from the period of 1928 – 1929, and the building of the Conservatory.

Cech bridge was constructed in 1905-1908, as a direct consequence of redevelopment of the previous Jewish Town. It should have become a part of the generously drawn route Wenceslas Square, Old-Town Square, Prague Avenue, Dejvice. However, the determining buildings, breaking through Melantrichova Street and dugway through Letná hillside have not been realized.

Architecture of the Cech Bridge is work of professor of Czech Technical university ing. arch. Jan Koula, calculation of three arches and both pillars was made by ing. arch. Jirí Soukup. Water, gas and electric lines were installed into the steel bridge structure during assembly. Three bridge arches have dimensions of 48, 53 a 59 m, total length of the bridge is 169 m, and width is 16 m. Each bay was delivered by different supplier. Three Prague companies Bratri Prášilové a spol., Pražské akciové strojírny and Ceskomoravská továrna na stroje participated in that. The bridge road surface was originally made of wood-block pavement from hardwood, that was replaced with bitumen surface later.

Big attention was paid to the art decoration of the bridge. There are dominating bronze figures of for Victorias, Goddess of victory, two and two on each and of the bridge, placed on the tops of 17,5 m high cast-iron columns. The sculptures, over three meters high, are pieces of academic sculptor Antonín Popp. The columns rest on the roofs of stone booths and they are hollow for anchoring Victorias. The booths served for the bridge toll collectors.

Art Nouveau Bridge of Svatopluk Cech (1846-1908), named in the honour of great Czech poet and writer, was ceremoniously opened on 6th June 1908. It is justly called a representative bridge construction in the capital of Prague. It changed its name only once during its existence. In 1940-1945 it was called Bridge of Mendel. Rehor Jan Mendel (1822-1884), Augustinian from Brno, was a founder of so-called Mendel’s inheritance theory.

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