Celebrating Europe # 1 Alcántara Bridge Toledo Spain
A message for all my contacts in Europe, first of all I am very sorry that last night we left the European Union which is in my opinion is a tragic mistake. I would also like to apologise to you all for the lies and distortions about Europe printed by the largely right wing British press and echoed by Farage and Johnson and their friends . Being part of the EU was never just about economics, the need for nations to work together was seen as vital after the apocalypse of the Mid -twentieth century caused by rampant nationalism . We seem to have returned to a state were bullying political leaders in both the East and West feel they can do whatever they want .
I am still proud to call myself a European, whatever makes up being English is largely just a melange of mostly European culture from the Normans, the Goths, the Vikings and the Romans . I want to celebrate our continent so all my posts this month will be from various European countries .
This first image is the old 1st century Roman Alcántara Bridge that crosses the river Tagus below the city of Toledo . The city of Toledo was an important cultural centre in the middle ages; even after the Moors were defeated its Arab libraries were not pillaged, and a tag-team translation centre was established in which books in Arabic or Hebrew would be translated into Castilian by Muslim and Jewish scholars, and from Castilian into Latin by Castilian scholars, thus letting long-lost knowledge spread through Christian Europe again
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED
Celebrating Europe # 1 Alcántara Bridge Toledo Spain
A message for all my contacts in Europe, first of all I am very sorry that last night we left the European Union which is in my opinion is a tragic mistake. I would also like to apologise to you all for the lies and distortions about Europe printed by the largely right wing British press and echoed by Farage and Johnson and their friends . Being part of the EU was never just about economics, the need for nations to work together was seen as vital after the apocalypse of the Mid -twentieth century caused by rampant nationalism . We seem to have returned to a state were bullying political leaders in both the East and West feel they can do whatever they want .
I am still proud to call myself a European, whatever makes up being English is largely just a melange of mostly European culture from the Normans, the Goths, the Vikings and the Romans . I want to celebrate our continent so all my posts this month will be from various European countries .
This first image is the old 1st century Roman Alcántara Bridge that crosses the river Tagus below the city of Toledo . The city of Toledo was an important cultural centre in the middle ages; even after the Moors were defeated its Arab libraries were not pillaged, and a tag-team translation centre was established in which books in Arabic or Hebrew would be translated into Castilian by Muslim and Jewish scholars, and from Castilian into Latin by Castilian scholars, thus letting long-lost knowledge spread through Christian Europe again
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED