Lannova loděnice, Shipyard complex in Čtyři Dvory, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Lannova loděnice is a protected shipyard complex along the Vltava River comprising three historic structures: a residential house, the former shipyard building, and a garden house with orangery. The buildings occupy the riverside setting and form a connected group of structures from different periods.
The shipyard began operations around 1550 and eventually ceased work in 1890 after several centuries of operation. The facility reached its peak output during the mid-19th century as one of the city's major producers.
The garden house with its glazed orangery, added after 1910, served as a Scout clubhouse after the Velvet Revolution. The former shipyard workshops and walled garden were given by Vojtěch Lanna the Younger in 1908 to the orphan foundation he had established three years earlier.
The floating dock lies 43.5 metres from Dlouhý most on the left bank at river kilometre 239.24, made of six linked concrete segments 60 metres long and 2.5 metres wide. It is the starting point of the Vltava's navigable stretch, with a reserved spot for regular public transport and time-limited mooring.
The 1835 triumphal arch with its 66-metre obelisk, erected by Vojtěch Lanna for Emperor Ferdinand I's passing visit, was temporary and no longer exists; its appearance survives only in a lithograph by F. Wolf.
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