Sculpture of drainage divide Black-Baltic sea in Bělotín, Drainage divide sculpture in Bělotín, Czech Republic.
The Sculpture of Drainage Divide Black-Baltic Sea is an 8-metre-high reinforced-concrete monument erected in 1971 on the summit of Jelení kopec by the I/47 road between Hranice and Bělotín. Its concrete blocks carry verses by Jan Skácel on bronze plaques inside, and granite fragments are set into the circular base. The south side marks the Bečva basin draining to the Black Sea, the north the Odra basin draining to the Baltic.
The reinforced-concrete monument was erected in 1971 on the summit of Jelení kopec by the I/47 road between Hranice and Bělotín. Sculptor Miloš Slezák made the 8-metre work, and poet Jan Skácel wrote the verses cast on bronze plaques inside the concrete blocks. A motorest once stood beside it, and the site also marked the edge of an Ice Age glacier.
The eight-metre concrete sculpture carries verses by poet Jan Skácel on bronze plaques set into its inner walls, while granite fragments ring its circular base. A steel structure with flags now stands nearby, echoing the watershed theme. The site is called Předěl, meaning "divide".
The sculpture is located in the village of Bělotín and easy to reach since it sits near the main road that runs through the settlement. You can visit it anytime as it stands in a freely accessible public space.
The artwork marks a point where raindrops could literally split into two different journeys - some eventually reaching the Black Sea while others flow toward the Baltic Sea. This invisible boundary becomes tangible and visible through the sculpture.
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