A post by Daniel Gibski, deputy Lower Silesian Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments, appeared on Facebook:
Due to the enormous interest in the subject and the nationwide significance of the matter, and in order to dispel doubts about the progress of the administrative procedure aimed at entering the railway bridge over Lake Pilchowickie into the register of monuments, we decided to publish the decision concluding the proceedings of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments in this matter. The decision has entered the legal system; it is not legally binding.
I would like to thank Dr hab. prof. Magdalena Gawin, General Conservator of Monuments, and Dr hab. Katarzyna Zalasińska, Director of the Department for the Protection of Monuments at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well as the residents of Lower Silesia and everyone who stood up in defense of the monument and thereby demonstrated tremendous, unprecedented awareness of the value of the national heritage.
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The matter of the alleged blowing up of the bridge by the famous Tom Cruise for another film in the “Mission: Impossible” series caused a major stir, and not only in the media. (We reported on this, among other places, in the article Will There Be a Railway Connection Between Jelenia Góra and Lwówek? It Would Run Across the Famous Bridge.)
However, as reported by Polskie Radio Wrocław:
Eventually, a statement was issued by Christopher McQuarrie, director of the seventh installment of “Mission: Impossible.” It says that it was the Poles who suggested to the filmmakers that part of the deck of the 111-year-old crossing could be blown up, since it would have to be dismantled anyway for the bridge renovation. In the end, the filmmakers will not come.
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