greek-museums:The bridge of Arta:The bridge of Arta, right over the river Arachthos has a long histo
greek-museums:The bridge of Arta:The bridge of Arta, right over the river Arachthos has a long history beginning during the hellenistic times, when the first stone bases was erected. Throughout history there have been many additions, alterations and restorations. On the hellenistic bases, the great four arches were erected during the first years of the Despotate of Epirus. Literary sources agree that the bridge was fully constructed in 1612.Up until 1881 with the addition of the city of Arta to the independent greek state, this bridge was the frontier between the free Greece and the rest of the now greek territories that were under Ottoman rule.The bridge of Arta is mostly famous in greek tradition through various folk songs and poems that refer to the gruesome legend of the sacrifice of the chief engineer’s wife, who was built within the bridge to keep it stable. -- source link
#greek#architecture