The covered bridge, another view
Yesterday's bridge, from the other bank. Behind the bridge is an old castle from the 1400s, the Landvogteischloss. Since 1913, it has housed the Historical Museum (there's a new addition to the museum, located to the left of the castle in this photo). Sadly, there isn't a lot of information about it on the web as far as I've found.
A final photo of the bridge from the side, showing the river Limmat, can be seen at my overflow blog. Covered bridge and the Limmat.
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6 comments:
There's a lot of interesting things to see in a small area. I'd like to just walk across the bridge!
Ok ! It is an old bridge. It remins me some cover bridges in the USA and particularly the one where Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep go for some photos in the excellent movie in French "Sur la route de Madison".
Nice that covered bridge.. Also where I live there is one covered bridge, are so original! ^^
What is a covered bridge really? Is it a regular bridge with a building on top of it - and if so, who maintains the building? Or is it a package where the local road authority takes care of painting and renovating the cover when that time comes?
Rambling: There are lots of cobwebs and creepy-crawlies inside there as it's dark and has nice rafters. :-)
Claude: The Bridges of Madison County is the movie you're talking about.
Ele^_^: I'll have to come take a look on your blog.
Per: A bridge with a roof and walls. To keep off the snow and similar and extend the lifetime of the bridge. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "a building on top of it". As to who maintains the cover, same people as those who maintain the bridge -- it's all one thing. I've added another photo from inside the bridge to my overflow blog. Maybe that'll add some useful information?
I thought I would look on Wikipedia, and oddly (?) three of the five covered European bridges (over water) listed on the article are in CH.
Thanks, that fully answers my question. Bridge and cover, all in one package then.
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