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The legend
A legend says Charles IV found a hot spring and healed his leg
Karlovy Vary was founded most likely around 1349. According to legend, Charles IV led an expedition into the forests during a stay in Loket. His party discovered a hot spring by accident, and the water healed his injured leg.
Vřídlo
The best-known spring gushes up to 12 metres high
The best-known spring, Vřídlo, is in the Hot Spring Colonnade, built in Functionalistic style in 1975. It gushes out in a geyser up to 12 m high, and it is the hottest spring in the Czech Republic.
73.4 °Cthe top temperature of Vřídlo, the hottest spring in the country
Many springs
Over 80 springs rise here, and only 16 are for drinking
The springs are part of the Eger Graben, a tectonically active region in western Bohemia. Each spring has the same hydrological origins. All of the springs combined provide roughly 2,000 litres of water every minute.
Colonnades
The town also has a cast-iron colonnade and a wooden one
The Park Colonnade is a cast-iron structure of 1880 and 1881 by Fellner & Helmer. The Market Colonnade is a wooden structure in Swiss style, built in 1882 and 1883. The Castle Colonnade is in Art Nouveau style.
Day 1, morning
Next is Mill Colonnade.
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