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Foto: Vytvo\u0159eno pomoc\u00ed AI\/ChatGPT<\/p>\nKdy\u017e \u010dlov\u011bk stoj\u00ed ve\u010der na Starom\u011bstsk\u00e9m n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed a\u00a0sleduje sv\u011btla historick\u00e9ho centra, jen t\u011b\u017eko si dok\u00e1\u017ee p\u0159edstavit, \u017ee pod jeho nohama existuje dal\u0161\u00ed Praha. Neviditeln\u00e1, tich\u00e1 a\u00a0odd\u011blen\u00e1 od b\u011b\u017en\u00e9ho \u017eivota. Zat\u00edmco naho\u0159e proud\u00ed turist\u00e9, tramvaje a\u00a0auta, n\u011bkolik metr\u016f pod nimi se t\u00e1hnou kilometry chodeb, technick\u00fdch tunel\u016f, kolektor\u016f, sklep\u016f a\u00a0podzemn\u00edch prostor, kter\u00e9 dohromady vytv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed vlastn\u00ed sv\u011bt se svou logikou, histori\u00ed i\u00a0pravidly.<\/p>\n
Druh\u00e1 tv\u00e1\u0159 Prahy se sv\u00fdmi pravidly<\/p>\n
Pr\u00e1v\u011b proto se o\u00a0pra\u017esk\u00e9m podzem\u00ed \u010dasto mluv\u00ed jako o\u00a0druh\u00e9m m\u011bst\u011b. Nen\u00ed to jen poetick\u00e1 metafora ani p\u0159ehnan\u00e1 legenda pro milovn\u00edky tajemna. Rozsah podzemn\u00edch prostor pod Prahou je skute\u010dn\u011b natolik velk\u00fd a\u00a0slo\u017eit\u00fd, \u017ee p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1 samostatn\u00fd organismus funguj\u00edc\u00ed nez\u00e1visle na tom, co se odehr\u00e1v\u00e1 naho\u0159e na povrchu. \u201eStejn\u011b jako m\u00e1 m\u011bsto svou tv\u00e1\u0159 nad zem\u00ed, m\u00e1 ji i\u00a0pod n\u00ed, se sv\u00fdmi pam\u00e1tkami a\u00a0pravidly. Jsou to dv\u011b strany t\u00e9\u017ee bytosti,\u201c p\u00ed\u0161e historik V\u00e1clav C\u00edlek ve sv\u00e9 knize Podzemn\u00ed Praha.<\/p>\n
V\u011bt\u0161ina lid\u00ed si pod pra\u017esk\u00fdm podzem\u00edm p\u0159edstav\u00ed maxim\u00e1ln\u011b metro nebo n\u011bkolik historick\u00fdch sklep\u016f pod Star\u00fdm M\u011bstem. Skute\u010dnost je ale mnohem rozs\u00e1hlej\u0161\u00ed. Pod metropol\u00ed se b\u011bhem stalet\u00ed vytvo\u0159ila komplikovan\u00e1 s\u00ed\u0165 prostor vznikaj\u00edc\u00edch v\u00a0r\u016fzn\u00fdch historick\u00fdch obdob\u00edch. N\u011bkter\u00e9 \u010d\u00e1sti jsou star\u00e9 n\u011bkolik set let, jin\u00e9 vznikly b\u011bhem pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 revoluce a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed byly budov\u00e1ny je\u0161t\u011b za komunismu v\u00a0dob\u011b, kdy Evropa \u017eila ve strachu z\u00a0jadern\u00e9 v\u00e1lky.<\/p>\n
Foto: Vytvo\u0159eno pomoc\u00ed AI\/ChatGPT<\/p>\n
Pra\u017esk\u00e9 podzem\u00ed nab\u00edz\u00ed celou \u0159adu tamn\u00fdch chodeb <\/p>\n
Podzemn\u00ed prostory byly kdysi nad zem\u00ed<\/p>\n
Praha toti\u017e nikdy nevznikala jen na povrchu. Ka\u017ed\u00e1 generace pod m\u011bstem zanech\u00e1vala dal\u0161\u00ed vrstvy. St\u0159edov\u011bc\u00ed obyvatel\u00e9 budovali hlubok\u00e9 sklepy a\u00a0skladovac\u00ed prostory. Pozd\u011bji p\u0159ibyly kanaliza\u010dn\u00ed syst\u00e9my, technick\u00e9 chodby a\u00a0rozs\u00e1hl\u00e9 in\u017een\u00fdrsk\u00e9 s\u00edt\u011b. Ve 20.\u00a0stolet\u00ed se pak podzem\u00ed prom\u011bnilo v\u00a0strategick\u00fd prostor ur\u010den\u00fd pro p\u0159e\u017eit\u00ed modern\u00edho m\u011bsta i\u00a0st\u00e1tn\u00ed spr\u00e1vy v\u00a0p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b katastrofy nebo v\u00e1lky. Pr\u00e1v\u011b propojen\u00ed v\u0161ech t\u011bchto vrstev vytv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed pocit, \u017ee pod Prahou skute\u010dn\u011b existuje dal\u0161\u00ed skryt\u00e9 m\u011bsto.<\/p>\n
Jedn\u00edm z\u00a0d\u016fvod\u016f, pro\u010d podzem\u00ed p\u016fsob\u00ed tak monument\u00e1ln\u011b, je samotn\u00e1 historie Prahy. Mnoho dne\u0161n\u00edch podzemn\u00edch prostor toti\u017e p\u016fvodn\u011b v\u016fbec podzemn\u00edch nebylo. Ve st\u0159edov\u011bku se m\u011bsto opakovan\u011b zvy\u0161ovalo kv\u016fli povodn\u00edm, hygienick\u00fdm probl\u00e9m\u016fm i\u00a0stavebn\u00edmu rozvoji. \u00darove\u0148 ulic se postupn\u011b zvedala a\u00a0\u010d\u00e1sti p\u016fvodn\u00edch dom\u016f z\u016fstaly pod novou z\u00e1stavbou.<\/p>\n
To znamen\u00e1, \u017ee n\u011bkter\u00e9 dne\u0161n\u00ed sklepy byly kdysi b\u011b\u017en\u00fdmi m\u00edstnostmi na \u00farovni tehdej\u0161\u00edch ulic. Pod modern\u00edm m\u011bstem tak st\u00e1le existuj\u00ed zbytky d\u00e1vn\u00e9 Prahy, tedy star\u00e9 chodby, gotick\u00e9 s\u00e1ly, zazd\u011bn\u00e9 vstupy i\u00a0fragmenty ulic, kter\u00e9 d\u00e1vno zmizely z\u00a0map. \u010clov\u011bk p\u0159i pohledu na tyto prostory z\u00edsk\u00e1v\u00e1 zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed pocit, jako by sestoupil do minulosti zakonzervovan\u00e9 pod vrstvami sou\u010dasn\u00e9ho m\u011bsta.<\/p>\n
Syst\u00e9m chodeb a\u00a0tunel\u016f<\/p>\n
Jen historick\u00e9 sklepy v\u0161ak nesta\u010d\u00ed k\u00a0tomu, aby vznikla p\u0159edstava druh\u00e9ho m\u011bsta. Skute\u010dn\u00fd rozsah podzemn\u00ed Prahy za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 b\u00fdt patrn\u00fd a\u017e ve chv\u00edli, kdy \u010dlov\u011bk pochop\u00ed fungov\u00e1n\u00ed kolektor\u016f a\u00a0technick\u00fdch tunel\u016f.<\/p>\n
Pod centrem metropole toti\u017e existuje rozs\u00e1hl\u00fd syst\u00e9m chodeb, kter\u00fd slou\u017e\u00ed jako neviditeln\u00e1 infrastruktura modern\u00edho m\u011bsta. Vedou zde kabely vysok\u00e9ho nap\u011bt\u00ed, optick\u00e9 s\u00edt\u011b, vodovodn\u00ed potrub\u00ed, plynovody, teplovody i\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed technologie nezbytn\u00e9 pro ka\u017edodenn\u00ed fungov\u00e1n\u00ed Prahy. Tyto kolektory byly budov\u00e1ny proto, aby m\u011bsto nemuselo neust\u00e1le rozkop\u00e1vat ulice p\u0159i ka\u017ed\u00e9 oprav\u011b s\u00edt\u00ed. Ve v\u00fdsledku ale vznikl rozs\u00e1hl\u00fd labyrint p\u0159ipom\u00ednaj\u00edc\u00ed podzemn\u00ed dopravn\u00ed syst\u00e9m.<\/p>\n
N\u011bkter\u00e9 kolektory jsou p\u0159ekvapiv\u011b \u0161irok\u00e9 a\u00a0dlouh\u00e9. Technik se jimi m\u016f\u017ee pohybovat des\u00edtky minut, ani\u017e by spat\u0159il denn\u00ed sv\u011btlo. Osv\u011btlen\u00e9 betonov\u00e9 chodby, kovov\u00e9 dve\u0159e, ventila\u010dn\u00ed syst\u00e9my a\u00a0nekone\u010dn\u00e9 kabelov\u00e9 rozvody p\u016fsob\u00ed t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 filmov\u011b. \u010clov\u011bk m\u00e1 pocit, \u017ee se nenach\u00e1z\u00ed pod historickou evropskou metropol\u00ed, ale v\u00a0kulis\u00e1ch dystopick\u00e9ho sci-fi.<\/p>\n
Podzem\u00ed jako syst\u00e9m civiln\u00ed ochrany<\/p>\n
Pr\u00e1v\u011b tady vznik\u00e1 ono p\u0159irovn\u00e1n\u00ed k\u00a0druh\u00e9mu m\u011bstu. Podzemn\u00ed Praha toti\u017e nen\u00ed mrtv\u00fd prostor. Neust\u00e1le zde proud\u00ed energie, voda, data i\u00a0teplo. Pod povrchem funguje infrastruktura, bez kter\u00e9 by \u017eivot naho\u0159e b\u011bhem n\u011bkolika hodin zkolaboval.<\/p>\n
Je\u0161t\u011b v\u00fdrazn\u011bji za\u010dalo podzem\u00ed r\u016fst b\u011bhem studen\u00e9 v\u00e1lky. Po druh\u00e9 sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lce a\u00a0zejm\u00e9na po n\u00e1stupu komunismu se Praha stala sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed geopolitick\u00e9ho konfliktu mezi V\u00fdchodem a\u00a0Z\u00e1padem. V\u00a0dob\u011b, kdy sv\u011bt po\u010d\u00edtal s\u00a0mo\u017enost\u00ed jadern\u00e9 v\u00e1lky, za\u010daly st\u00e1ty budovat rozs\u00e1hl\u00e9 syst\u00e9my civiln\u00ed ochrany. Podzem\u00ed z\u00edskalo nov\u00fd v\u00fdznam, m\u011blo chr\u00e1nit obyvatele i\u00a0st\u00e1tn\u00ed apar\u00e1t v\u00a0p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b katastrofy.<\/p>\n
Pr\u00e1v\u011b tehdy vznikaly protiatomov\u00e9 kryty, nouzov\u00e1 velitelstv\u00ed a\u00a0zabezpe\u010den\u00e9 podzemn\u00ed prostory ur\u010den\u00e9 pro krizov\u00e9 sc\u00e9n\u00e1\u0159e. N\u011bkter\u00e9 objekty byly navr\u017eeny tak, aby dok\u00e1zaly fungovat i\u00a0po masivn\u00edm \u00fatoku. M\u011bly vlastn\u00ed zdroje energie, ventilaci, z\u00e1soby vody i\u00a0syst\u00e9my filtrace vzduchu.<\/p>\n
V\u0161echno je propojen\u00e9 dohroamdy<\/p>\n
Pra\u017esk\u00e9 metro nebylo od po\u010d\u00e1tku pl\u00e1nov\u00e1no pouze jako dopravn\u00ed syst\u00e9m. M\u011blo z\u00e1rove\u0148 slou\u017eit jako sou\u010d\u00e1st ochrany obyvatelstva. N\u011bkter\u00e9 stanice byly konstruov\u00e1ny tak, aby mohly b\u00fdt hermeticky uzav\u0159eny. Dodnes lze v\u00a0ur\u010dit\u00fdch \u010d\u00e1stech spat\u0159it masivn\u00ed tlakov\u00e9 dve\u0159e nebo technologick\u00e1 za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed, jejich\u017e \u00fa\u010del v\u011bt\u0161ina cestuj\u00edc\u00edch v\u016fbec nevn\u00edm\u00e1. Podzem\u00ed tak p\u0159estalo b\u00fdt jen technick\u00fdm prostorem. Stalo se strategick\u00fdm \u00fazem\u00edm ur\u010den\u00fdm pro p\u0159e\u017eit\u00ed st\u00e1tu. <\/p>\n
Lid\u00e9 toti\u017e odjak\u017eiva p\u0159itahuj\u00ed m\u00edsta, kter\u00e1 nejsou b\u011b\u017en\u011b p\u0159\u00edstupn\u00e1. Uzav\u0159en\u00e9 chodby, tmav\u00e9 tunely a\u00a0technick\u00e9 prostory vyvol\u00e1vaj\u00ed pocit tajemstv\u00ed. V\u00a0p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b Prahy tuto fascinaci je\u0161t\u011b posiluje historick\u00e1 atmosf\u00e9ra m\u011bsta. Jen m\u00e1lokter\u00e1 evropsk\u00e1 metropole spojuje st\u0159edov\u011bk\u00e9 sklepy, modern\u00ed kolektory, protiatomov\u00e9 kryty i\u00a0rozs\u00e1hl\u00e9 metro do jednoho propojen\u00e9ho syst\u00e9mu.<\/p>\n
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Foto: Wikimedia Commons\/CC-BY-4.0\/Self-published work\/Jan Pol\u00e1k <\/p>\n
Studna v\u00a0podzem\u00ed pra\u017esk\u00e9ho Karolina <\/p>\n
Nen\u00ed proto p\u0159ekvapiv\u00e9, \u017ee kolem pra\u017esk\u00e9ho podzem\u00ed vzniklo obrovsk\u00e9 mno\u017estv\u00ed legend. Mluv\u00ed se o\u00a0tajn\u00fdch tunelech mezi vl\u00e1dn\u00edmi budovami, nezn\u00e1m\u00fdch vojensk\u00fdch objektech nebo uzav\u0159en\u00fdch \u010d\u00e1stech m\u011bsta, kam se ve\u0159ejnost nikdy nedostane. N\u011bkter\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhy jsou p\u0159ehnan\u00e9, jin\u00e9 maj\u00ed re\u00e1ln\u00fd z\u00e1klad. Pravdou v\u0161ak je, \u017ee zna\u010dn\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1st podzemn\u00ed infrastruktury z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 b\u011b\u017en\u00fdm lidem skryt\u00e1.<\/p>\n
Sv\u011bt, kter\u00fd nen\u00ed vid\u011bt, ale existuje<\/p>\n
A pr\u00e1v\u011b to vytv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed pocit existence paraleln\u00edho m\u011bsta. Zat\u00edmco naho\u0159e funguje turistick\u00e1 Praha pln\u00e1 kav\u00e1ren, kancel\u00e1\u0159\u00ed a\u00a0pam\u00e1tek, pod n\u00ed existuje technick\u00e1 Praha tvo\u0159en\u00e1 betonem, kabely, \u0161achtami, ventila\u010dn\u00edmi syst\u00e9my a\u00a0servisn\u00edmi tunely. Dv\u011b vrstvy jednoho m\u011bsta, kter\u00e9 se t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 nikdy nesetkaj\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Mo\u017en\u00e1 pr\u00e1v\u011b proto p\u016fsob\u00ed podzem\u00ed na lidskou p\u0159edstavivost tak siln\u011b. Nejde jen o\u00a0tunely nebo star\u00e9 sklepy. Jde o\u00a0v\u011bdom\u00ed, \u017ee pod zn\u00e1mou realitou existuje je\u0161t\u011b dal\u0161\u00ed prostor, skryt\u00fd sv\u011bt, kter\u00fd v\u011bt\u0161ina lid\u00ed nikdy neuvid\u00ed, p\u0159esto\u017ee kolem n\u011bj ka\u017ed\u00fd den proch\u00e1z\u00ed. Praha tak ve skute\u010dnosti nen\u00ed jen m\u011bstem v\u011b\u017e\u00ed, most\u016f a\u00a0historick\u00fdch ulic. Je tak\u00e9 m\u011bstem podzemn\u00edch chodeb, technick\u00fdch labyrint\u016f a\u00a0zapomenut\u00fdch prostor, kter\u00e9 vytv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed druhou, neviditelnou tv\u00e1\u0159 metropole.<\/p>\n
Zdroje: autorsk\u00fd \u010dl\u00e1nek s\u00a0vyu\u017eit\u00edm<\/p>\n
kniha Podzemn\u00ed Prahy – V\u00e1clav C\u00edlek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kdy\u017e \u010dlov\u011bk stoj\u00ed ve\u010der na Starom\u011bstsk\u00e9m n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed a\u00a0sleduje sv\u011btla historick\u00e9ho centra, jen t\u011b\u017eko si dok\u00e1\u017ee p\u0159edstavit, \u017ee pod…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[441,650,15272,98,99,437,1716],"class_list":{"0":"post-78610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-praha","8":"tag-historie","9":"tag-lide","10":"tag-podzemi","11":"tag-prague","12":"tag-praha","13":"tag-zajimavosti","14":"tag-zivot"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116534013093779665","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}