6050 x 4033 px | 51,2 x 34,1 cm | 20,2 x 13,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
septembre 2011
Lieu:
Chester, Cheshire, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
The Queen's Park Suspension Bridge which forms the only exclusively pedestrian footway across the River Dee in Chester. Chester was founded by the Romans over 2000 years ago, much of the Roman influence remains and Chester's city walls are the most complete in Britain. Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. Their construction was started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 AD. It originated with a rampart of earth and turf surmounted by a wooden palisade. From about 100 AD they were reconstructed using sandstone, but were not completed until over 100 years later. Following the Roman occupation nothing is known about the condition of the walls until Æthelflæd refounded Chester as a burgh in 907. The defences were improved, although the precise nature of the improvement is not known. After the Norman conquest, the walls were extended to the west and the south to form a complete circuit of the medieval city. The circuit was probably complete by the middle of the 12th century.
