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Des de Ad Fines / From Ad Fines

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Foto presa amb una Folmer&Schwing RB Auto Graflex de 4x5 polzades, fabricada cap al 1915; objectiu T.T,&B. Cooke Anastigmat f4.5 Series IIIa; pel·licula Fomapan 100.

 

Vista del Pont del Diable des de la antiga i romana Ad Fines, la actual Martorell.

 

El Pont del Diable, a Martorell. De fet el pont actual és una reconstrucció de la postguerra civil, ja que el volaren durant la retirada republicana. La major part de la estructura és gòtica, construit el 1283 sobre les restes del pont original romà, que data d'època d'August. També sobreviu a la banda oriental un arc triomfal romà, força malmès. És l'unic arc triomfal a Catalunya, apart del molt més famós de Berà.

 

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_del_Diable_(Martorell)

 

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The "Pont del Diable" seen from the ancient Roman settlement of Ad Fines, now Martorell. Ad Fines means "in the limit", and that (administrative) limit sure was the Llobregat river. Martorell has also a Latin origin, meaning "small cemetery" (martiroletum).

 

Picture taken with a Folmer&Schwing RB Graflex Auto (4x5 format), made c.1915; T.T.&B. Cooke Anastigmat f4.5 Series IIIa lens; Fomapan 100.

 

This is the so called Pont del Diable, "Devil's Bridge", in Martorell Catalonia. It's a Roman origin bridge, mostly rebuilt in gothic style in the Middle Ages (and rebuilt in the XX Century after it was blown up during the spanish civil war). It was part of the Via Augusta between Rome and Gades, and has a Roman triumphal arch in it's eastern end (not shown here).

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_del_Diable

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