Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
Prague’s Vyšehrad Railway Bridge, built in 1901 and granted national monument status in 2004, has long been in need of repair. But the dispute over how those repairs should be carried out have intensified since an architectural competition to design a new replacement for the bridge was held, with even UNESCO recently trying to intervene.
The organisation Nebourat’s name means ‘Do not demolish’ – and that pretty accurately sums up what the group is all about. They spoke out especially loudly when, in May last year, an architectural competition to expand the bridge from two to three tracks was announced by the Railway Administration, with the winning design announced last November. Ina Koldová is one of Nebourat’s three board members.
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Author: Anna Fodor