Bridges, Arches, Columns, Tunnels and Walls

Walls of Kenilworth Castle

Portchester Castle walls

You certainly keep landing on my regular "visits", von.

My better half is a Tudor nut, and I'm often dragged up to Kenilworth as it was the home of Elizabeth 1's toyboy, Robert Dudley.

They do lovely cream teas there.

I'm getting to sound like my mother.

Monastery at Meteora (Kalambaka) in Greece.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/120852405@N07/13392786185/

Looking down on Sugarloaf in Rio.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/120852405@N07/13392857285/

That is breathtakingly beautiful CI

Thx, Rex. When one takes thousands of pictures on holidays, there are some that comes out pretty good!

For those interested in building, doing architecture for shelter and beauty - my present favorite architect won the Pritzker Prize today.

Quoting the NY Times re his getting the prize -

On Monday, the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban was named the winner of this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize, largely because of his work designing shelters after natural disasters in places like Rwanda, Turkey, India, China, Haiti and Japan.
“His buildings provide shelter, community centers and spiritual places for those who have suffered tremendous loss and destruction,” the jury said in its citation. “When tragedy strikes, he is often there from the beginning.”

the article here -
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/arts/design/pritzker-architecture-prize-goes-to-shigeru-ban.html?_r=0

I'm looking for another one that is for a news source without a paywall (NYT only lets you look for free 10x a month). I watch my NYT count, and if I save an article, then look at it months later, that counts again. Soooo -

Well, here, this is good - with no paywall -

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/24/292420643/pritzker-winner-shigeru-ban-designs-solutions-in-the-face-of-disaster

Verz interesting and some beautiful buildings.

Beautiful shot of Tower Bridge, Rex.

Here's an internal shot of one of the high walkways, right up there at the top.




And the only high walkway available when it was being built....

Wonderful - i like pictures with fog or mist.

In Berlin, they "built" a squirrel bridge two weeks ago



Since I couldn't find recent, "working" photos ...


An older squirrel bridge in a town close to us

The tallest bridge in the world.
Millau viaduct, France

Roman aquaduct, Segovia, Spain

Roman baths, Bath, UK

Bargate Southampton.

Entrance to old city.

Exit.


At the top there's a statue of George III dressed as the Emperor Claudius. (He was mad after all.)

Ah, there it is. I was going to post that at some point. (Being lazy lately). A favorite bridge for me.

Royal Post Office underground railway in London


A mail train sits dormant in a tunnel.


The descent to Mount Pleasant.