. . . means ‘bridge builder’ in Latin, which is what Jerusalem has in Santiago Calatrava.
I brought along my camera for my afternoon run yesterday, and was able to catch a few shots of his piece, one of Jerusalem’s most recent additions.
Northern Californians will immediately recognize Calatrava’s work, being familiar with the graceful Sundial Bridge crossing the Sacramento River in Redding.
Calatrava’s 72 string bridge in Jerusalem doesn’t cross over any water, though.
The route under Calatrava’s bridge would be better traversed by car than by kayak:
“Praise him with really tricky balanced cables making you dizzy when you try to run under them while looking upwards!”
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Amazing!
Thanks for sharing!
...It looks like this is traversed by foot. Isn't traverse "to go across or through"? It would be kind of hard to traverse the Sundial Bridge on Kayak, though I imagine it could be done. I'm envisioning two people carrying another in a kayak, sort of like a sedan chair.
Maybe you meant more along the lines of "through"...weaving through the strings of the harp! (I'm seeing it!) Still, I think cars and kayaks go underneath these bridges. What's the word for that?
O, wise Latin scholar!
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