A meeting was held today at noon on the steamboat Vltava to mark the designation of the historic steamboats Vltava and Vyšehrad as cultural monuments. At the historic dock at Kampa, Minister of Culture Jiří Balvín presented a memorial certificate to the management of Prague Steamboat Company, by which the historic steamboats Vltava and Vyšehrad come under heritage protection.

As the company's director, Mr Štěpán Rusňák, said, such an act represents not only an honour but also a great responsibility and commitment for the future.

Wishes for all the best and many more happy years of sailing for the steamboats Vltava and Vyšehrad were also expressed by the director of the heritage care department of Prague City Hall Jiří Skalický, the mayor of Prague 1 Oldřich Lomecký, the director general of the National Technical Museum Karel Ksandr and the director of the Prague office of the National Heritage Institute Ondřej Šefců.