- Eagles' Bridge, Sofia
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Coordinates: 42°41′26″N 23°20′15″E / 42.69056°N 23.3375°E
Eagle's Bridge in Sofia
Close-up of one of the eaglesEagles' Bridge (Bulgarian: Орлов мост, Orlov most) is a bridge over the Perlovska River in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It gives the name to the important and busy juncture at which it is located. The name of the bridge itself comes from the four statues of eagles on it, which are, symbolically, its protectors and patrons.
The bridge and juncture are located in the immediate proximity of the Vasil Levski National Stadium, the Monument to the Soviet Army and the park Borisova gradina. For the traffic entering Sofia from the east by Tsarigrad Road, Eagles' Bridge is the first juncture and the point from where the city centre is accessed.
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 together the similar but lion-themed Lavov Most in 1889.[1] The entire construction of the bridge cost 80,000 golden leva.
One of the bridge's columns and bronze eagles are depicted on the reverse of the Bulgarian 20 levs banknote, issued in 1999 and 2007.[1]
See also
- Lions' Bridge, Sofia
References
- ^ Bulgarian National Bank. Notes and Coins in Circulation: 20 levs (1999 issue) & 20 levs (2007 issue). – Retrieved on 26 March 2009.
External links
Media related to Orlov most at Wikimedia Commons
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