Bastei Bridge in Autumn Time. Saxon Switzerland
by Jenny Rainbow
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Bastei Bridge in Autumn Time. Saxon Switzerland
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Jenny Rainbow
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Photograph - Photography
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BASTEI BRIDGE IN AUTUMN TIME. SAXON SWITZERLAND by JENNY RAINBOW/
Bastei in German translates as bastion and you can easily see why this name was chosen for this towering rock formation, situated on the River Elbe near Dresden in the German Free State of Saxony. Towering almost 200 meters over the river below, Bastei was formed by water erosion over a million years ago. In recent times it has become such an object of fascination that a bridge linking a number of the rocks was constructed, and is itself something of a marvel of Victorian age engineering.
The bridge doesn�t really lead anywhere but simply spans a number of the huge rocks which make up the Bastei formation. It was built in 1851 and replaced an earlier wooden bridge (below) which was no longer considered appropriate to carry the weight of so many visitors.
Source: http://www.kuriositas.com/2013/07/bastei-amazing-bridged-bastion-of-saxony.html
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