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La presencia de los romanos en la Península Ibérica durante seis siglos tuvo consecuencias destacables. Una de ellas fue el desarrollo de un amplio programa de obras públicas. De entre las más significativas podemos destacar la creación de una extensa red de carreteras, algunas de las cuales aún hoy perviven. También edificaron construcciones para el ocio, como teatros, anfiteatros o circos. Asimismo, abordaron el problema de la higiene pública de las ciudades, procediendo a construir redes de alcantarillado, termas o acueductos para el abastecimiento de agua corriente a las poblaciones.
Probablemente, la obra romana más famosa de la Península es el Acueducto de Segovia. Su estado de conservación es perfecto. La parte más famosa y monumental del mismo corresponde al muro transparente de arcos sucesivos que lo mantiene airosamente alzado en la vaguada del Azoguejo.
Es una obra realizada en granito a finales del siglo I después de Cristo, siendo emperador Trajano. Su altura máxima es de 28,50 metros y su longitud, de 818 metros. En su construcción se utilizaron 20.400 bloques de piedra colocados sin ningún tipo de argamasa.
Su autor hizo un extraordinario alarde de técnica, pues el equilibrio de tan liviana construcción descansa en el conjunto de la obra. Según los expertos, el acueducto sólo se mantiene estable si se conserva en su integridad, al contrario de otros ejemplos como el de los Milagros de Mérida, cuya estabilidad descansa de manera independiente en las columnas.
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I think this place really deserves a monument status despite Devil's Postpile National Monument has stolen all the fame to the west of Mammoth Lakes. They were all resulted from the same volcanic eruption over hundred thousands years ago. Here 'a an extract from Atlas Obsura describing the process of creating such interesting column formation: "As the colossal torrents of lava washed over the built up ash it baked the ash to a layer of stone in an instant. Now after millennia of erosion from wind and water the bottom layer and the top layer of cooled lava can be clearly seen, taking the form of rocky waves bisected by a dividing line. In certain sections along the tuff, the stone has turned into bulbous columns known as degassing pipes creating a veritable forest of oddly shaped stone"
The Astoria Column was constructed in 1926 and is 125 feet tall. A spiral staircase with 164 steps leads to the observation deck. The exterior is covered with sgraffito artwork, a technique in which images are engraved in plaster and then colored powders are blown into the outline. The artwork recounts the region's early history. The column is lit with changing colors of light at night.
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Alnwick's Tenantry Column in its Christmas colours.
Built in 1816 by the tenants of the Duke of Northumberland. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Duke’s tenants, who included farmers, mine owners and factory owners, benefited from increased prices for their products due to the demands of the Army. As profits increased, rents too were raised. The peace of 1815, however, saw a fall in demand, with the resultant drop in both prices and profits. The tenants struggled to pay the higher rents, and so the Duke of Northumberland reduced his rents by a quarter. His tenants, thankful for this, jointly subscribed to construct the column.
There's a tale, possibly apocryphal, that when the Duke saw that tenants were able to afford to erect such a monument, he promptly put their rents back up. The truth? Who knows??
As this will be my final upload before Christmas Day, I would like to wish all my friends, followers & visitors a very and happy and blessèd Christmas-time.
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Concrete columns of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It has collections of more than 227,000 objects that include "world-class holdings of European and American paintings, prints, drawings, and decorative arts". The Main Building is visited by more than 800,000 people annually, and is located at the west end of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Columns erected in the 2nd century AD at the Temple of Zeus, Aizanoi, Turkey...still standing proud.
A rostral column is a type of victory column originating in ancient Greece and Rome, where they were erected to commemorate a naval military victory. Its defining characteristic is the integrated prows or rams of ships, representing captured or destroyed enemy ships. The name derives from the Latin rostrum meaning the bow of a naval vessel.
Rostral columns of the modern world include the Columbus Monument at Columbus Circle in New York City, and the paired Saint Petersburg Rostral Columns.
The Doric columns sit on a granite plinth and are constructed of brick coated with a deep terra cotta red stucco and decorated with bronze anchors and four pairs of bronze ship prows (rostra). Seated marble figures decorate the base of each column each representing the major rivers of Russia: the Volga and Dnieper at the northern Rostral Column, Neva and Volkhov at the southern one. The Rostral Columns were originally intended to serve as beacons and originally were topped by a light in the form of a Greek brazier and lit by oil. The braziers have been removed and the tops of the columns refitted with gas torches that continue to be lit on ceremonial occasions.
Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania
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Aqueduct of Segovia Spain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built around the first century AD to channel water from springs in the mountains 17 kilometres away to the city and was in use until 1973.
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