25 years ago, the Empire chain bridge near Stádlec was reopened

Prague - The Stádlec Bridge over the Lužnice River, which was reopened on May 25, 1975, is among the national cultural monuments alongside the Charles Bridge in Prague and the Stone Bridge in Písek. The last Empire-style bridge in Central Europe had to be disassembled into individual stones and parts and moved due to the construction of the Orlík Dam. Originally, it spanned the Vltava River near the nearby Podolsko.
    The foundation stone of the suspended chain bridge was laid in May 1847, and about a year later it already ruled as an important trade link crossing South Bohemia. In 1959, it was added to the list of technical monuments, which likely saved it from destruction or sale abroad. Just a year later, however, it was disassembled and stored due to the flooding of the Orlík Dam. Of the 13 possible locations, the landscape relief near the village of Stádlec in Táborsko ultimately won, where the 157-meter long and six-meter wide bridge still serves today.