Rain · @rainy
370 followers · 258 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
370 followers · 258 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 248 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 247 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 246 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 245 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 252 posts · Server universeodon.com
#France
#Cahors
#ThePontValentré
#ValentréBridge
Although the town was never attacked and the fortified bridge was never required to safeguard Cahors.
#France #cahors #thepontvalentre #valentrebridge
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 252 posts · Server universeodon.com
#France
#Cahors
#ThePontValentré
#ValentréBridge
Construction began in June 1308 and ended in 1378. It is thought that the towers were completed in 1380 – during the Hundred Year’s War. As this was a time of conflict between the French and the English, the bridge’s defensive features (battlements and machicolations on the towers) were enhanced.
#France #cahors #thepontvalentre #valentrebridge
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 252 posts · Server universeodon.com
#France
#Cahors
#ThePontValentré
#ValentréBridge
The decision to build a bridge across the Lot was already made in 1306, probably to accompany the establishment of a new neighbourhood between the town’s walls and the river.
#France #cahors #thepontvalentre #valentrebridge
Rain · @rainy
352 followers · 241 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 251 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 251 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 237 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 236 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 235 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 250 posts · Server universeodon.com
#France
#Cahors
#ThePontValentré
#ValentréBridge
Legend
But he was told to use a sieve. The foreman saved his soul. Furious at being tricked, each night the devil sends an imp to loosen the final stone.
#France #cahors #thepontvalentre #valentrebridge
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 250 posts · Server universeodon.com
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 250 posts · Server universeodon.com
#France
#Cahors
#ThePontValentré
#ValentréBridge
Legend
The devil was ordered to take water to the to of the central tower so that the last stone could be installed.
#France #cahors #thepontvalentre #valentrebridge
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 250 posts · Server universeodon.com
#France
#Cahors
#ThePontValentré
#ValentréBridge
Legend
Disheartened by the slow pace of construction, the foreman entered into a pact with the devil. In return for the devil marshalling all his know-how and obeying orders, the foreman would surrender his soul. When the bridge was near completion, the foreman decided to save his soul. And so he gave the devil an impossible task.
#France #cahors #thepontvalentre #valentrebridge
Rain · @rainy
351 followers · 250 posts · Server universeodon.com
#France
#Cahors
#ThePontValentré
#ValentréBridge
Legend
Exasperated by the slow pace of construction, the architect signed a pact with Satan. If the latter put all his skill into advancing the building work and carried out all the orders he received, the architect would give him his soul as payment. What ruse did the architect have in mind to get the bridge built quickly yet retain his soul ?
#France #cahors #thepontvalentre #valentrebridge