Eagles' Bridge
| Description: | Panorama photograph of a bridge with four columns adorned with bronze statues of eagles and with street lights at the four corner points of the bridge. Two women in Bulgarian folk attire are standing in the foreground, some men in the background. A tramway can be seen in the middle of a tree-lined street. Title printed in Bulgarian and French: "Le Pont d'aigles." |
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| Comment: | The bridge was constructed in 1891 by Czech architect Václav Prošek, his brother Jozef, and his cousins Bohdan and Jiří, who also designed and built the similar, lion-themed "Lavov Most" in 1889. |
| Date: | Not before 1901 |
| Location: | Sofia |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Type: | Postcard |
| Creator: | Karastoyanov, Dimitar Anastasov, (Photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 159mm x 213mm Image: 148mm x 203mm |
| Format: | Not specified |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Keywords: | 290 Clothing 330 Building and Construction 340 Structures 360 Settelments 370 Energy and Power 490 Land Transport > 491 Highways and Bridges 490 Land Transport > 497 Rail Transport 510 Living Standards and Routines |
| Copyright: | Издателска къща "Минало" |
| Archive: | Publishing house "Minalo", Inv. No.: K-10 |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
| Editor: | Anelia Kassabova |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.707 |