This afternoon we took a drive on our way back to the village from Grevena to the Aziz Aga bridge which was built by the Ali Pasha as part of the caravan route that ran through the area. It is the highest single arched bridge in Greece, reaching 53 ft at its highest point and has a span of 92 feet and is 246 ft long. It's about half an hour from the village in the middle of fields with a small river flowing beneath it. Peaceful. We stood there and tried to imagine the caravans passing over this bridge hundreds of years ago on their way to or from Constantinople or Thessaloniki, hours and hours of walking behind them and hours more ahead. Quite different from our journey through the tunnels that's for sure!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Aziz Aga Bridge
This afternoon we took a drive on our way back to the village from Grevena to the Aziz Aga bridge which was built by the Ali Pasha as part of the caravan route that ran through the area. It is the highest single arched bridge in Greece, reaching 53 ft at its highest point and has a span of 92 feet and is 246 ft long. It's about half an hour from the village in the middle of fields with a small river flowing beneath it. Peaceful. We stood there and tried to imagine the caravans passing over this bridge hundreds of years ago on their way to or from Constantinople or Thessaloniki, hours and hours of walking behind them and hours more ahead. Quite different from our journey through the tunnels that's for sure!
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Another travel difference: air conditioning and car radio!
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