See what I've done here? As if by magic, I've reversed the view. Yesterday we were looking from the Rialto Bridge, today we're looking at the Rialto Bridge. There is a lot to say about the bridge, but it's all out there on the interweb, every 'fact' contradicted by another. The legend about the figures to be seen on the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi is a little bit doubtful when you find that the palazzo was built 1525-28, whereas the bridge was built 1588-91. One fact everyone seems to agree on is that it was built on 12,000 piles. But who was counting? It seems to me a suspiciously 'round' number. That the Salute was built on 1,156,627 piles seems much more believable. I wonder if they used wooden piles as the foundations for the new bridge.
Monday, February 7, 2011
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie ...
See what I've done here? As if by magic, I've reversed the view. Yesterday we were looking from the Rialto Bridge, today we're looking at the Rialto Bridge. There is a lot to say about the bridge, but it's all out there on the interweb, every 'fact' contradicted by another. The legend about the figures to be seen on the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi is a little bit doubtful when you find that the palazzo was built 1525-28, whereas the bridge was built 1588-91. One fact everyone seems to agree on is that it was built on 12,000 piles. But who was counting? It seems to me a suspiciously 'round' number. That the Salute was built on 1,156,627 piles seems much more believable. I wonder if they used wooden piles as the foundations for the new bridge.
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