Merida Spain Aqueduct Dusk is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on March 21st, 2018.
Merida Spain Aqueduct Dusk
It wasn’t raining! The forecast for the next several days was for rain, rain, and more rain. So I felt I had to take advantage of whatever breaks... more
by Joan Carroll
Title
Merida Spain Aqueduct Dusk
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
It wasn’t raining! The forecast for the next several days was for rain, rain, and more rain. So I felt I had to take advantage of whatever breaks in the weather there were. Never mind that it was getting late or that I was exhausted from a long flight and an almost equally long train ride to Merida Spain. I quickly walked to what was to me Merida’s most famous attraction, the Acueducto de los Milagros (Miraculous Adueduct). These are the 1st century CE ruins of a Roman aqueduct bridge built to supply water to the Roman colony of Emerita Augusta, today Mérida, Spain. The aqueduct was one of three built at Mérida. The part that remains consists of 38 arched pillars standing 25 metres (82 ft) high along a course of 830 metres (2,720 ft). The aqueduct is preserved as part of the Archeological Ensemble of Merida, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Not seen from this angle are any of the nesting storks living atop the pillars and a visit to the aqueduct at dusk is accompanied by the cacophony of clacking and clattering bills!
FEATURED PHOTO, Art district group, 3/25/18
FEATURED PHOTO, Lady Photographers And Artists group, 3/23/18
FEATURED PHOTO, UNESCO World Heritage Sites group, 3/21/18
FEATURED PHOTO, Life After Humans Photography group, 3/21/18
joan carroll, archway, old, landmark, history, travel, stone, historic, architecture, arch, culture, archeology
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March 21st, 2018
