Bridges of the World (eBook)

Giancarlo Ascari, Pia Valentinis (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
136 Seiten
Headline (Verlag)
978-1-914317-58-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Fifty bridges from all over the world to be crossed on foot or with one's imagination. Throughout history bridges have been used as a way to link people, places and cultures. Whether a natural arch or a man-made feat of engineering, bridges can be both beautiful and functional, each in a unique relationship with the land around it. And the stories that accompany these bridges are just as fascinating: the legends, anecdotes and the inspirational lives of those who designed, built and crossed them.This book celebrates some of the world's best bridges of all description: great icons such as the Tower Bridge in London, the Charles Bridge in Prague and the Golden Gate in San Francisco; a precarious thread stretched between the Twin Towers by an acrobat; treasures destroyed and rebuilt, like the Mostar Bridge in Herzegovina; and a streak of frozen snow between the crevasses of a glacier.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2022
• Zusatzinfo: illus
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Bildbände
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: Architecture • Bridges • Culture • Engineering • Europe • Geography • Gift • golden gate • Human • London • People • San Francisco • Travel • Trivia • USA • World
• ISBN-10: 1-914317-58-0 / 1914317580
• ISBN-13: 978-1-914317-58-3 / 9781914317583