Eagles' Bridge
Stone bridge guarded by four bronze eagles on pillars, on the old road to Constantinople.
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This guide to Eagles' Bridge in Sofia follows the money behind a crossing on the old road to Constantinople, built in eighteen ninety-one by a Czech family of engineers and industrialists. It looks at who paid, what was imported from Vienna, and how the same family moved from stone into Sofia's beer. Stand by one of the eagle pillars, where you can touch the cast-iron railings.
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