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Famous life · 07.1935

The fence and the 'viaduct' on Põlva market square

Plank ja „viadukt“ Põlva turuplatsil

On 1 July 1935 the Põlva cooperative shop moved into roomier premises on the edge of the market square. The local private merchants were not pleased. They collected signatures asking the church, which owned the square, to fence off that side of it, and the church council agreed: a tall plank fence went up in front of the shop door, leaving a gap of barely two steps. The cooperative answered by building a 'viaduct' over the fence. Customers used it from the first day, people came from far and wide to admire this 'wonder of the age', and the shop got busier than ever.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

1. juulil 1935 kolis Põlva Majanduse Ühisuse kauplus avaramatesse ruumidesse turuplatsi ääres. Kohalikele erakaupmeestele see ei meeldinud. Nad korjasid allkirju, et turuplatsi omanik kirik laseks selle osa platsist plankudega ära piirata, ning kirikunõukogu nõustus: kõrge plankaed kerkis otse kaupluse ukse ette, nii et vahele jäi vaevalt paar sammu. Ühistu vastas sellega, et ehitas üle plangu „viadukti“. Ostjad kasutasid seda juba esimesel päeval, kaugelt ja lähedalt tuldi seda „tänapäeva imet“ vaatama ning kauplust külastati varasemast veelgi elavamalt.

Map of the area around The fence and the 'viaduct' on Põlva market square
58.06060° N, 27.06950° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Ühistegelised Uudised, 12 July 1935, p. 3 (DIGAR) ↗

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