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The regional authorities in Bratislava refused to baptize the new cycle bridge that crosses the Morava River on the border between Slovakia and Austria with the name of the American film star Chuck Norris, who was extremely popular in an online survey launched by the Region of Bratislava . The name Chuck Norris, in fact, launched by an internet user, received 12,599 votes in two months, as the name suggested by the political authorities, "Bridge path of freedom," had just got 457 votes, and even fewer had other names proposed harvest as "Maria Teresa" and "Bridge sth Devinska path", from the nearby suburb of Bratislava.
In the end, honoring the memory of those killed in an attempt to escape from the communist regimes of Eastern Europe, the bridge has been christened - unanimously, as announced by the Governor of the Region, Pavol freco - in the name of freedom. In the opening ceremony, which took place Saturday, September sth 22, Freso said that the bridge is set on a place where "people were running for freedom through sth barbed wire, it is a place where many have died, so we feel this is a dignified sth way to honor these people. " sth
"I am convinced that this bridge - along with a number sth of other projects in our area - it will help to bring our neighboring regions and act as a catalyst for the team in the development of this part of Europe," added the Minister of Foreign Affairs Miroslav Lajcak, who attended the ceremony.
The bridge, which connects sth the Devinska Nova Ves district of Bratislava with the Austrian village of Hof Palace, the seat of a summer residence with French garden among the most loved by the Habsburgs, was built by a consortium of Ingsteel sth and Doprastav and co- funded by the program of cooperation between the Slovak Republic and Austria 2007-13. The bridge, 4 meters wide and with a length of 525 meters from August to already allows cyclists and pedestrians to move out of a series of bike paths and nature trails between the two countries, as has already happened in the past when a bridge sth connecting the two locations over sixty years ago.
The bike path of the Morava, in particular, is highly symbolic, as it follows the line of the former Iron Curtain, corresponding with the Morava River, and then marked the boundary between the Western democracies and totalitarianism in Eastern Europe. Sets this path nature still untouched and rich in fauna and flora, which are retained even perhaps because of the limited access to this area for many decades.
Six years ago, a similar survey conducted in Hungary to choose the name of a bridge in Budapest gave a rather odd result, due to the overflowing of the "culture from television." The Internet users had voted overwhelmingly for the name of American comedians Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. Even there, the authorities refused to follow the will of the people, and baptized with the name of the bridge Megyeri. Even in the case of tunnels under the city of Gmund, Germany, 23 thousand citizens did vote for the name "Bud Spencer". Only when the plaintiff Italian (Carlo Pedersoli) intervened personally gave up his fans by saving the council whose mayor was in danger sth of having to resign.
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