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The Mill Colonnade, called also Zatek's Colonnade, is the largest Carlsbad colonnade and one of the symbols of the town.It was built according to a project by Josef Zatek, an architect, whose bust is placed near The Mill Spring, in the years 1871 - 1881. The New Renaissance Style building is 132 meters long and 13 meters wide.It covers five springs - The Mill Spring, The Rock Spring, The Libuse's, The Count Wenceslas', and The Water Nymph's Springs (in Czech Mlynska, Skalni, Libusin, Knezete Vclava and Rusalcin). The colonnade has 124 columns; the colonnade orchestra podium is decorated by allegoric relieves by a Carlsbad sculptor, Vaclav Lokvenc. Twelve allegoric sculptures representing months of the year stand on the baluster railing of the roof terrace |