Bringing home the bread
framed
Estacionamento - parked forever!
The Village looks on . . .
Ferme coloniale Abandonnée.
Alive and Kicking
German Field
Lanner and horses
Belle journée à vous !
Full Circle (2002)
Porto, Portugal
The Little Flower Girl
Lofoten, Uttakleivveien, Icicles
dans la paix et l'ombre...
Dunottar Castle
traveling alone
De lumiere et d’orfèvrerie.
Tender touch.
Lübecker Höfe und Gänge: Sievers Thorweg (PiP)
Leucojum aestivum- nivéole d'été
Collared
Play with colors and contrast... ©UdoSm
May Green
Tatty Tit
CHAP CHAP CHAP
they are coming for us
Beauté Sauvage.
Tempus Fugit
HFF & a great WE!!
Cycling from Bordeaux Vineyards to the Atlantic Co…
Idylle am Meer..
edge
View from the end of Tubby's head to St Agnes Head…
Der Weg durch's Grüne
Bonne soirée !
Cromford Mill
Adieu à Nilda Fernandez, cet artiste hors des sent…
Fleur de Figuier de Barbarie.
"barboter dans la boue.....quel bonheur...."
...Ne riez pas....j'ai fait un "brushing"...
Addicted to Love
First roses... ©UdoSm
Innenhof vom Chilehaus (PiP)
Lofoten, Leknes area
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Aqueduto de Elvas - PIP
The Amoreira Aqueduct is a 16th-century aqueduct (begun in 1537) that spans the Portuguese municipality of Elvas, bringing water into the fortified seat. By around 1498, the only fountain and source of potable water since the Moorish occupation had been the Poço de Alcalá, alongside the Porta do Bispo. As the well had already begun drying-up, and owing to the difficulty of gathering water from the wells surrounding the town, King D. Manuel authorized a tax (the Real de Água) to fix the Poço de Alcalá. Yet, the attempts did not meet with success, and an idea developed to collect water from Amoreira, some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) away. Consequently, in 1529 the first works to build the aqueduct were begun. In 1537, then King John III intervened by sending architect Francisco de Arruda to Elvas, to make changes to the primitive plan. Owing to the lack of funds for such a project, the King then authorized the diversion of monies from fines and sales associated with the sale of municipal lands for the project, including some loans from the children's orphanages in Elves and Estremoz.
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