Description of the attraction
It often rains in Karlovy Vary, so the springs of healing water, for which the resort is famous, are prudently framed by colonnades - vacationers can drink water from the springs, without fear of precipitation, at any time of the year. There are several colonnades in the city.
The Mlýnské Colonnade was built at the end of the 19th century by the architect J. Zítek in the neo-Renaissance style. This is the largest colonnade in the city. Its length is almost 132 meters. Under the arches of the colonnade, there are five springs, one of which gave the name to the building - Mlinsky (Mill). Near the springs, their names are written on tablets, as well as short poetic lines dedicated to the resort. The roof of the colonnade is decorated with 12 statues, allegorical images of 12 months of the year.
Above the famous hot spring Vřidl in 1975, a covered glass building was erected for another colonnade, Vřídelni. Previously, it was called the colonnade of Yuri Gagarin, because of the nearby monument to the first cosmonaut. But after the "velvet" revolution, the monument was removed.
There is also the Market and Castle Colonnades.
