
Market on Theatre Square
- ID: 2422
- Place: Chernivtsi
- Date: 1900-1908
The photo shows the bridge for pedestrians and individual transportation across the river Pruth in Chernivtsi. The first wooden bridge across the Pruth was built in 1835, replaced by a construction of stone and iron in 1871. It was rebuilt in 1909. During the First World War Chernivtsi was occupied by Russia three times. Many buildings including the bridge were damaged or destroyed. Most likely it was blown up by the retreating Austrian army in 1914.<br /><em>Helmut Kusdat</em>