Hi K.! Yes, almost three hundred years old, which is not a lot over here. These arches resemble the old Roman ones - just the shape of the arch is different - apparently they could only make round ones in ancient times, unlike these ones. People were able to cross it like a bridge a century ago, but then we had our own version of "Jack the Ripper" killing women over there, and it was closed to the public since than....
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Beautiful architecture. Do you know how old it is?
(hehe, guess I should have read on a bit before commenting!)
Hi K.! Yes, almost three hundred years old, which is not a lot over here. These arches resemble the old Roman ones - just the shape of the arch is different - apparently they could only make round ones in ancient times, unlike these ones. People were able to cross it like a bridge a century ago, but then we had our own version of "Jack the Ripper" killing women over there, and it was closed to the public since than....
Happy new year to you Milan
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