#aquaeduct

[roastie]

aquaeduct day

[polaroidcats]

I just got home from a 20km hike and my feet huuuuuuuuurt but the hike was so beautiful! There's this hiking trail that goes from the alps to Vienna along the aquaeducts that deliver the water to the city but the part of the trail where we walked today the water pipes were all underground and it was just basically a walk along and through so so many vineyards, which was lovely (and very sunny and hot!). We even got to try some Sturm which I'm not even gonna try to translate but it's basically a really sweet alcoholic beverage made from grapes that you only get in September/October and there were so many cute little vineyards selling it!!

[copperbadge]

Plague Tapestry

Last night I dreamed that I was looking at some kind of textiles shop when I saw a tapestry on one wall. At the top, in large medieval-book-of-hours style lettering, it said “WE ARE ALL COMING ON COMFORTABLY IN THIS WORLD” and below that was what I thought at first was a cat sitting up and washing its paw. I had a thought that it was kind of an inappropriate sentiment to be displaying given the pandemic, but then I realized the cat washing its paw was actually the Grim Reaper -- the scythe was the paw, the back of his hood was the cat’s muzzle, the skull of the Reaper was a marking on the cat’s neck, and the bottom of his robe was the tail. 

I also realized that was only the top third or so of the tapestry, and the rest was divided up into squares displaying little scenes, each showing bones buried under a pleasant pastoral scene (there was one that was a fishing village, one that was an aquaeduct, and one with cats, I remember, but I think there were about 12 in all). Most of the scenes were stylistically reminiscent of various Danse Macabres, but had bones underneath or sticking up through the ground, a skeleton or reaper as a character, and a “normal” background. 

I had the distinct thought in the dream that it was a “plague tapestry”, which I don’t think is a thing, but it was so vivid and so familiar in my mind when I woke up that I feel like it must be something I saw somewhere. I haven’t been able to find anything directly resembling it, mostly just old illuminations and illustrations, so probably it was my mind making a collage, but still. Eerie.

[carstenwitt-blog]

Rio Tajo = longest river in the Iberian peninsula; Rio Ebro = second; Rio Duero = third. All three passed @europeanparliament @standupforeurope @lets_goeurope #rio #river #riotajo #rioebro #rioduero #bridge #aquaeduct #barrage #barragelake #hydropower #waterreservoir #waterregulation #irrigation #iberia #peninsula #cantabria #europe #europa (hier: Cantabria, Spain)

[papalangispix]

#bloody #gunshot #sunrise #dexter #blutspur #kotstulle #zeitachse #schneeberg #jenseits #wehmut #tretboot #seenot #erbgut #

[ersatz-effigy]

it’s so lame how we don’t have above-ground aquaeducts anymore. they took this from you

[julihurts]

World Building June

#15: Technology

Mechanical technology is pretty advanced in Kjelma. There are cranes, aquaeducts and sewers, water and wind mills, underfloor heating, iceboxes, irrigation devices, optical lenses etc etc.

Rituals only improve devices as levitating heavy stones is much more complicated than strengthening the ropes of a crane.

Metal and wood are the main materials as mining is made safe and efficient through magic and metalworking is a very popular profession. Kjelmans don’t know how to make porcelain and make their bowls and flasks out of clay.

Houses are half-timbered and may look like this:

or this

[tornscales-archived-to-scrolls]

[The Ruins of Solinera]

The Ruins of Solinera; former capital of the Kingdom of Dragons, and former home to the three dragons. It was once a magnificent floating city, kept aloft with draconian magic and technology melded. Streets were once lined all across with foliage and streams of crystal clear water, the buildings were all unique in their shape and colors, reflecting the variety of clans that melded within the city walls. If you got a perfectly clear day, the sun shone on them like rubies and emeralds and sapphires abounding; a floating crown jewel of the dragons. 

But now the city, crashed onto the barren plains, appeared no more than rubble and ruin, nature having already laid claim to the once awe-inspiring city. The streets were overgrown, the aquaeducts bore only still waters, and the buildings appeared matte and dingy, with moss and dust clinging to them like makeshift coats.

This is the first time Tal’um had come visit the city since before the war, and to be frank, he expected it to be this way. The only thing that caught him off guard was the fact you can still make out the general shape and layout of the city; no doubt attributed to the spells and wards placed on it. 

But it wasn’t until he heard the sound of movement ahead of him that he grew concerned. True, he’d left a portal behind for others to contact him, but who would come this far just to see him?

“......who goes there?” He barked, his jaws ready to clamp onto whomever lurked around the corner, should they be hostile. “Show thyself!”

[agatawpodrozy]

#uzès #france🇫🇷 #aquaeduct #akwedukt #francja #planfilmowy #movielocation #quovadis #kawalerowicz #film #movie #kino #cinema #crew #ekipa #camera #kamera #cast #obsada (at Uzès)

[ocsicnarf64-blog]

#acueducto #tarragona #aquaeduct #romanengineering #tarragonaturismo #tarragonagrafias #igerstarragona #tgn #igerspain #icu_spain #loves_spain #costadorada

[roastie]

we went to the aquaeduct for my friends 17th birthday and swam in the river in literal torrential rain and drank champagne in the woods it's literally one ov my fondest memories

[carstenwitt-blog]

Go Europe! passes the magnificent aqueduct #letsgoeurope #goeurope #manifestoproeurope #aquaeduct #aquaedukt #aquaeductofsegovia #water #waterblog #waterpipe #waterway #romans #romanbuilding #romanbuildings #romanbuilt #romanempire #romanticmood #romans #romantic #europe #spain #castillayleón #segovia #walking #longdistancewalking (hier: Aqueduct of Segovia)

[n0thing-staysthesame]

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[roastie]

made plans with bestie to go to the aquaeduct and drink beer and swim in the river and climb the trees because the trees in the woods by the river have little treehouses and even though we are in our twenties now we are going to smoke weed in the trees like teenagers

[roastie]

made tha nicest salad in the world for our trip 2tha aquaeduct tomorrow ^__^ made a dressing w sesame oil and soy sauce and lime juice and brown sugar

[agatawpodrozy]

#movielocation #quovadis #france #uzes #aquaeduct (w: Uzès)