The building that fixed the image of Piešťany for good went up between 1931 and 1933: a long, glazed, arched footbridge from the town to Spa Island, its superstructure designed by Emil Belluš, the leading Slovak architect of the interwar republic. It is not only a crossing. It is a covered arcade with shops along its length, so the walk to the baths happens indoors, out of the weather — which is not a small thing when the people crossing are patients. Robert Kühmayer's bronze barlolámač was set on it in 1933, and Martin Benka designed two Slovak folk scenes etched into its glass, called Songs of Detva and At the Sheepfold. Almost every photograph of the town taken since has been either of this bridge or from it.Stavba, ktorá obraz Piešťan ustálila nadobro, vznikla v rokoch 1931 – 1933: dlhý presklený oblúkový most z mesta na Kúpeľný ostrov, ktorého nadstavbu navrhol Emil Belluš, popredný slovenský architekt medzivojnovej republiky. Nie je to len prechod. Je to krytá kolonáda s obchodmi po celej dĺžke, takže cesta do kúpeľov vedie vnútri, mimo počasia — a to nie je maličkosť, keď po nej chodia pacienti. Roku 1933 naň osadili bronzového barlolámača od Roberta Kühmayera a Martin Benka navrhol dva slovenské ľudové výjavy vyleptané do skla, nazvané Piesne Detvy a Na salaši. Takmer každá fotografia mesta odvtedy vznikla buď z tohto mosta, alebo naň.
