And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Bridge over the river Aoos, Konitsa, Epiros, Northern Greece
I checked out some pictures of this bridge on line and, based on the folks wading under the bridge, the water there is about shin deep in the summer. It looks like the road beds on the approaches on both sides of the bridge are what’s driving the bridge height.
The height is driven by design. It has to be an arch because it's supported by the layer of stones in compression resting on one another. One loose stone and the whole thing comes crumbling down. Very old construction method - solid, but kinda sketchy when you stop and think about it. Look at other old construction and you'll see arches and domes that allow brick on brick without any other type of support.
Brings to mind the beginning of Fantasia's Ave Maria segment. Such a beautiful scene.
ReplyDeleteNice feat of engineering. Looks far older than the year it was built, 1870. Had to look that up cause I thought it was far older.
ReplyDeleteLooks kinda 'iffy'.
ReplyDeleteThey made the arch that tall to allow the cruise ships to pass under.
ReplyDeleteIt looks unnecessarily tall, then I wondered about ship clearance.
DeleteI checked out some pictures of this bridge on line and, based on the folks wading under the bridge, the water there is about shin deep in the summer. It looks like the road beds on the approaches on both sides of the bridge are what’s driving the bridge height.
DeleteKinda tight and shallow for a cruise ship.
ReplyDeleteThe height is driven by design. It has to be an arch because it's supported by the layer of stones in compression resting on one another. One loose stone and the whole thing comes crumbling down. Very old construction method - solid, but kinda sketchy when you stop and think about it. Look at other old construction and you'll see arches and domes that allow brick on brick without any other type of support.
ReplyDeletehow come i never think of snow when it comes to Greece?
ReplyDeleteYou haven't gone north enough. Epiros gets snow and gets very cold.
DeleteI know because it's home.
-Ερωτοκριτος
Yasou!!
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