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Posted in Trips at 20:00 on 3 February 2019
Posted in Architecture, Bridges, Museums, Trips at 12:00 on 9 September 2018
I liked this frieze above the windows of Rochdale Museum:-
Also these stained glass windows which seem to be on someone’s extension:-
Across the road from the Museum was a green park-like area with this iron pedestrian bridge:-
Nearby was this statue of John Bright:-
This spire-y thing is by the side of the road. I’ve no idea what it’s for:-
The town centre has this statue of sheep (rams):-
And spot the dedication on the bridge (which I ought to have placed in yesterday’s post):-
Posted in Art, Bridges, Cruise, Trips at 12:00 on 25 April 2017
Porto’s beautifully elegant Arrábida Bridge (Ponte de Arrábida) carries motorway traffic over the River Douro on the western portion of the ring road around central Porto.
From the River Douro:-
Photo from Wikipedia (taken from the Vila Nova de Gaia bank of the river Douro):-
Statue on top of bridge pillar:-
Support pillars and statue:-
Close up on one of the bronze statues (from Wikipedia):-
Arrábida Bridge looking back towards Porto:-
Posted in Cruise, Trips at 10:00 on 2 April 2017
Coming out of Trindad Metro station we headed downhill. Almost the first thing we came across was this delightful pavement:-
Imagine that in a city in the UK!
It ran down by the side of an extremely impressive building which I believe is the City Hall:-
The huge plaza below it led to a road junction beside which was an equestrian statue of Don Pedro IV (Dom Pedro IV – and I of Brazil) aka “The Liberator”:-
Further into the city I found this statue of Henry the Navigator, of whom I had learned when I visited Lisbon in my extreme youth:-
This road train just trundled along as we were in a leafy square in Porto:-