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Great bridge choice
I got nuthin’ 🤣😎🙃
Oh, well, at least you tried.
Beautiful! It looks like it’s still being used (I think I can see the top of a car crossing on the left side).
Yes, the bridge acts as a connection between the town of Abergavenny and the village of Llanfoist, Janis. It’s amazing that it has survived, especially given the amount of traffic that crosses it everyday. You can also walk over it.
That looks quite nice! The oldest thing I have photographed is cave art in India, estimated to be from 10,000 BCE. My entry for this week
That’s the oldest item I’ve heard about so far. They must have been amazing to see. And to think they have survived for such a long time.
It was definitely humbling to be at the same spot where people lived such a long time ago and being an art lover, it always amazes me as to when did humans start thinking of painting the scenes and objects they encountered and why! From an evolutionary perspective, what does drawing and painting accomplish?
Yes, what eureka moment made somebody pick up a stone and draw what they saw on the wall? I can only guess they wanted to remember or show it to others. It’s a bit like what we do now with cameras in the modern day.
And to be able to draw – that’s also a skill! We see good art on the cave walls – I wonder where were the first artists practicing 😂
That’s an old bridge, Hugh, but I think I got you beat. A few days ago, I photographed some of the Palpa Lines and Geoglyphs in Peru, which were created about 2,000 years ago. :)
(Let’s see if adding a photo works…)
Wow! what a great photo, Liesbet. Those line drawings are over 2,000 years old? They’ve survived so well. I bet they look even better from high up.
I removed the ‘s’ from your link address, so the photo should work.
Thanks, Hugh! I’ll have to reread your blog post about adding photos to comments. I forgot about that pesky “s”. :)
I believe the lines have been restored to their original form. When we visited the Palpa and Nazca lines, there were sometimes photos of the way they found the sites and then the restored version. But, yes, these were “drawn” around the year 0.
I wonder what made whoever drew them to draw them? I wonder if they were trying to communicate with something in the sky?
They created the designs by removing the darker stones and leaving the lighter features and by using straight sticks to “draw” lines. I think the geoglyphs had ceremonial or ritual purposes. So, you might be right about communicating with “the gods”. :)
This bridge must be really old. I can imagine the knights riding on their horses crossing the bridge. Fantastic take
Thanks, Erika. We are blessed with so much history in Europe.
We are indeed. And I appreciate it a lot.
I love old bridges like this. I took a picture of a Roman aqueduct in Spain which was 2000 years old.
That beats my bridge. We’ve lots of roman sites here in the UK, but I’ve never visited any of them yet.
that is a very old bridge Hugh!
:-)
Unfortunately, most of it was rebuilt in the mid-19th century, but parts from the 15th-century are still there, Carol Anne.
I so enjoy seeing ancient architecture, Hugh! What a great shot! Thanks for sharing for Sunday Stills this week.
Thanks, Terri. We’re blessed to have so much history in the UK.
What a beautiful photo … and sharing your national flower too 😁
Yes, taken in the spring, Brenda.
I expect you may get lots of Roman Ruins 😁
There are some in the UK, but I’ve never visited any of them, yet. They’re on my ‘to do’ list.
Honestly, I cannot even imagine. That being said, this is a great photograph!
Thank you. Only parts of the bridge are original. Most of what is left was built in the mid-19th century. After all, we all need repairs from time to time.