Remarkable Venetian Bridge near Arta
Remarkable Venetian Bridge near Arta"A mile distant from the town is a curious specimen of architecture, affording a striking recollection of the power of the Venetians. It is in tolerable preservation, but yet issufficiently ruinous to cause some nervous sensations in crossing over the highest arch, which is at an acute angle, and sixty or seventy feet in height; besides, the rugged pavement and inequality of the arches form a very rough causeway on a wet day. A magnificent plane tree, the trunk of which measures thirty-six feet in circumference, on the town side, yields the most agreeable shade to the traveller in the hot season."
From a description by the artist, George de la Poer Beresford.
In this exhibition
- Greece under Ottoman rule
- Travels to Greece
- The Philhellenes
- The Greek War of Independence
- British involvement in the war
- The Ionian Islands: a British Protectorate
- Produce from the Ionian Islands
- Travels in Albania
- George de la Poer Beresford
- Janina, from the Coulia
- Audience Chamber of Ali Pasha
- Remarkable Venetian Bridge near Arta
- Philiates
- Edward Lear
- Select bibliography