Charles bridge in Prague, Czech Republic

The Bridge of Klidoniabistas or Voidomatis is an arched stone bridge which has an opening 20 meters and a height of 9 meters. From the Byzantine period, the bridge is built and rebuilt to be completed in 1853 at the expense of Balkiz Khanum point ending the Vikos gorge, spent the considerable sum of 37,000 piastres. It joins the two banks of the river Voidomatis, where he got his second name and is excellent structure. Old residents moved through the bridge from West to Zagori Konitsa. The bridge is known because of a tragic incident that occurred there between families Stamatis and Geraini . Over the bridge during the wedding procession of families from St. Mina was fighting for honor, which cost the life of newly wed couple and some relatives of the bride.

Rumbling Bridge by stuart anthony

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Above Image: The gabled porch Above Image: The arched interior Above Image: The East gable Above Image: A sea of grass Above Image: Don't fence me in....... Above Image: Is this the last stop for Donaghcumper? Above Image: The west gable Above Image: The entrance stile. Visiting an ancient Church ruin on a fine summer's evening is fine but I wouldn't have imagined that I might also have needed to bring along a machete! The Medieval ruins of Donaghcumper are located less than 1KM from Celbridge village on the Dublin road and were constructed mostly in the12th century with a few features added 200 years later. What remain today are portions of the nave and chancel. The Church was suppressed in the 16th century and the lands acquired by the Alen family whose family vault is evident within by a flat slab stone with inscriptions just beneath the East window of the chancel. The Church is listed as ruinous on the 1897 O/S map but I would imagine it was in decline long before that date. Indeed an Alex & Taylor 1783 map lists the site as Ch. Rs. (Church Ruins?) The East gable features an Ogee-headed window still intact and the West gable extends to house a belfry. A rounded arch divides the nave from the chancel and the South facing side has an unusual gabled porch. This is all very nice but unfortunately now it is next to impossible to get any closer than a few yards from the ruins as they have been fenced off by a builder with warning signs and disclaimers strewn about. The walls on the North end appear to be buttressed with wooden lats to avoid them collapsing and although these ruins are under the care of the OPW there doesn't seem to be much more happening to protect them. Indeed the surrounding mound on which the ruins stand is very heavily overgrown and the ditch around the mound is now a sea of tall grass and nettles hence the need for the aforementioned machete. I had heard that the grass was regularly cut and this may be the case in the adjoining modern graveyard but the ruins are slowly being swallowed up. Not to be deterred from getting at least a reasonably safe closer look we entered by the roadside stile and wandered around the circumference of the ruins treading carefully to avoid any hidden potholes beneath the undergrowth and climbing over the many ancient headstones that seemed to be leaning away from the mound towards the lower ground. It was a tricky trek but there were enough gaps in the fences to get some decent photos. The interior is in a sad state but a lot of weeding and gravelling would work wonders. I'm sure that these ruins are fairly unstable and that the OPW are fencing them off for health & safety reasons, but I would really like to see some serious wok done to protect this Church from deteriorating any further. There is a lot of local interest in this venture so perhaps one day it will be possible to wander around the interior as there may be other interesting features to unfold. Until then if you are visiting take extreme care around the vicinity of the ruins but personally I found them quite interesting to see and was amused by the occasional bus which would stop at the crenellated perimeter wall, it's passengers gawping out at the two maniacs stomping their way through the long grass. To find Donaghcumper ruins take the M4 Dublin to Galway motorway and exit at Junction 6. At the top of the ramp take the exit for the R449. Drive until you reach a roundabout with a semi-circular modern iron sculpture on it and turn left for Celbridge. Drive until you enter the village. Continue up the main street until you reach a left turn onto the R403 opposite "The Village Inn". Cross over the bridge on the River Liffey and continue on the main road to the left for approx. 1KM. You will spot the ruins on your right and there is enough room to park at the entrance stile.

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The Church of Holy Trinity is believed to stand on the site of a chapel dedicated to St. Bega who died in 650A.D.. This chapel was probably destroyed in 1069 when William the conqueror ravaged the north. This is known as 'The Harrying of the North' . The chuch is built in the Early Norman and Perpendicular styles, whose western tower is reputed to be of Saxon date. The register dates from the year 1560. The novelist Anne Brontë was engaged as a governess at Thorpe Underwood Hall, is understood to have attended the Church and wrote about the area in her literature.

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Lingcove packhorse bridge in Eskdale, Cumbria UK. Raw file converted to hdr.

I really wasn't satisfied with any of the color images I took of this church. The bright blue sky was distacting, so I ended up desaturating them quite a bit to bring them more to the black and white end of the spectrum. I still don't think that either of these can hold a candle to the black and white one. (see image in landscape set)

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Georgia had been on my travel bucket list for a couple of years, waiting for a perfect opportunity for me to sit down and do the proper planning. Mind you, it took 3 months before I was able to embark on my urban exploration quest.