GARABIT VIADUCT BRIDGE MAP Crossing Truyere River, near Saint-Flour, France Designer/Engineer Gustave Eiffel Completed 1884 Span 541 feet (165 meters) Material Steel Type Arched viaduct Eiffel harnessed the wind, …
STRAUSS MUSEUM No city is more attentive to its past composers than Vienna, and among the municipal museums the one dedicated to that prototypical Viennese, Johann Strauss the younger …
Puente la Reina always takes care of pilgrims on arrival. The Camino takes a line straight through the town as it has done since the 11th century. The narrow, …
MICHIGAN AVENUE BRIDGE MAP This innovative bridge transformed a desolate street into the “Magnificent Mile. ” As part of their expansive 1909 Plan of Chicago, Daniel Burnham, Edward H. …
MILLAU VIADUCT BRIDGE MAP Crossing Tarn Valley, Millau, France Designer/Engineer Foster + Partners Completed 2004 Span 1,148 feet (350 meters) Materials Steel, concrete Type Cable-stayed A span so high …
ULLMANN MUSEUM Viktor Ullmann was the senior figure among the Jewish Czech composers imprisoned in the Nazi transit camp at Terezm. He entered the camp in 1942, spent two …
Walking in Circles – A Route around your Town A few years back I remember reading an article in an outdoors magazine which centred on Snowdon, the highest mountain …
PONTE VECCHIO BRIDGE MAP Crossing Arno River, Florence, Italy Designer Taddeo Gaddi Completed 1345 Length 330 feet (100 meters) Material Masonry Type Arch This picturesque Florentine landmark is an …