Puente del Diablo, a photo from Tarragona, Catalonia

Photographer's Note

Despite its name (Devil's Bridge), it is actually a stretch of the aqueduct made by the Romans to supply water to the Roman city of Tarraco (Tarragona nowadays). It's believed that it was built in the time of emperor Augustus, who ruled from 27 BC to 14 AD. The whole aqueduct ran for 15 Km (little less than 10 mi). This 'bridge' is 217 meters (712 ft) long and has a maximum height of 27 meters (88 ft). It is also known as Aqüeducte de les Ferreres, the Catalá (language of Catalonia) for "Aqueduct of the Blacksmiths".

Tarragona was the first major Roman city in Iberia and I guess it was also the most important during all the Roman rule. It was founded in the 3rd century BC near an existing and already important Iberian settlement, and it was the capital of the first and largest of the 3 Roman provinces of Iberia, first known as Hispania Citerior and then Hispania Tarraconensis.

Location of the POV (latitude, longitude): 41.1452,1.24416. View in Live Search.

Clementi, cfreire, Didi, gracious, Gerrit, feather, Emile, lucasgalodoido, ellelloo, parbo, ChrisJ, shevchenko, sunamoon, dip, zeca, denisn72, JCG, jwmunro, paura, maloutim, Jardim, Bluejeans, AiresSantos, guitianmiranda, BWJ, xuaxo has marked this note useful

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Clementi (52511) 2009-03-16 17:05

Ciao Jose',
ottimo pov per esaltare la bellezza di questo ponte, bellissimo il cielo.la struttura è molto ben conservato in tutte le sue parti.
ottimo lavoro
Giorgio

lousat (57542) 2009-03-16 17:19

Ola Jose',what a fantastic point of view! And what a great details and colors! A very beautiful work,my best compliments,have a nice day,Luciano

cfreire (11739) 2009-03-16 17:38

Olá, José
Uma imagem bem composta, realçada pela grande diagonal que enquadra este aqueduto. O ocre das pedras, as sombras das colunas, dão um belo contraste com o a vegetação do fundo. Está um belo trabalho. Parabéns. Consuelo

Didi (48880) 2009-03-16 19:32

Sakut José
Un pont qui rivalise bien avec celui du Gard, comme disait Asterix : Ils sont fous ces Romains :)
Intéressante perspective latérale.
Amitiés

Rafer (14205) 2009-03-16 22:48

Extraordinaria perspectiva y color de un puente conocido, la nitidez, ni decir...saludos

Morac (27419) 2009-03-16 22:53

Bonjour José,
Beau travail de perspective avec une très belle diagonale.
C'est très bien fait
Amicalement
Marc

Zolive (4562) 2009-03-17 0:05

Bom dia Jose
très jolie photo de cet aqueduc. Le point de vue est excellent et les couleurs sont belles. Bravo.
Olivier

gracious (20025) 2009-03-17 1:17

Ola Jose,
What a awesome pov to have this aqueduct well captured!
amazing sharpness with absolutely beautiful colouration and details over this image
many thanks for the sharing and the useful notes
warmest regards
Tony

Gerrit (43735) 2009-03-17 4:17

Hi José,
wonderful aquaduct and a photo very well taken.
The perspective is perfect and the colors are well saturated.
Regards, Gerrit

feather (51128) 2009-03-17 7:31

It is very like the one in Segovia; hardly surprising I suppose as they are both Roman. Was this one easier to frame as it hasn't got distracting buildings around it? I love anything with strong perspective (make that horizontal perspective ;D) and this is no exception. It really sucks the viewer into the frame. Well done
Kath

Greg1949 (9011) 2009-03-17 8:03

Jose, this is great, I love the history surrounding you, here we have nothing like this and what history we do have we destroy. Detail in the shot and color are fantastic. Great capture.

Greg

Emile (20348) 2009-03-17 10:11

Hola José.
Magnifica vista del impresionante acueducto Romano, lo has captado muy bien desde un bajo POV el cual también incluye la verde vegetación haciendo muy buenos contrastes de colores, estupendo foco, marco y composición.
Un fuerte abrazo mi amigo, cariños a la familia.

lucasgalodoido (21030) 2009-03-17 10:52

Olá José,
impressionante ainda estarem de pé há tanto tempo, tenho minhas dúvidas se os viadutos "modernos", com as mais avançadas técnincas de engenharia aguentarão tanto tempo assim. Bonita sua foto, com ótimos detalhes.
Parabéns e Abraço

carper (96) 2009-03-17 10:55

very beautiful
a fine point of view here Jose,
good perspective, fine light, marvelous place, good photo my compliments for it. have a good evening.
regard jaap

ellelloo (6570) 2009-03-17 13:08

Hello José,
An excellent POV. The wide angle lens has given a great perspective here. Good colours and clarity. Thanks a lot for your informative note and the map reference. A real good TE contribution!
Greetings,
Lasse

parbo (11092) 2009-03-17 15:29

Olá Jose,

I thought this is day version of your earlier fantastic photo Roman Aqueduct of Segovia but then learnt that they are not same. Their styles are so similar except colors of stones and also different source of lights.

Here the reddish and mossy textures of historical facades are amazing in the middle of green valley. I liked also your skilfully build point of view for an excellently balanced frame. Wonderful.

Parabéns e Abraço!

Ertugrul

ChrisJ (86798) 2009-03-17 20:39

Ola Jose

A superb framing on the imposing stone aquaduct. Good sharpness, colour & pov. I like the receding linear perspective. Tfs!

shevchenko (18243) 2009-03-17 21:13

Hello Jose,
This is amazing and I wonder how do this architecture to operate and deliver water, good pov and good perspective effect to show this old mega architecture, distinct image, well done.
Ally

Graal (88808) 2009-03-18 9:22

Hi Jose,
beautiful old aqueduct. Good POV and composition. Interesting note and links to Wikipedia. Solid work. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

sunamoon (6293) 2009-03-18 10:32

Hola Jose,

Realmente tu perspectiva es impresionante,
parece como el que hiciste al acueducto de Segovia,
los colores la definicion encuadre, una foto de A+!

Buen trabajo!

Un abrazo,
Elena

dip (21875) 2009-03-18 12:22

Hi Jose,
nice image with good clarity and sharpness,the POV is very good,great perspective too!
Greetings,
Dimitris.

zeca (19762) 2009-03-18 17:35

Que bonito isso, José! O contraste da cor dos tijolos contra o verde é muito bonito e este ângulo privilegiou esta situação. Ademais, a perpectiva amplia a sensação de profundidade. Gosto do detalhe da textura dos tijolos. Uma bela foto!
Abraço,
Zeca

denisn72 (8300) 2009-03-18 17:48

Hello José
This huge bridge seems very old indeed. Its colours and style are awesome. It is a masterpiece. Excellent point of view, colours, contrasts and details. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Best regards
Denis!

danyy (0) 2009-03-18 23:21

Bonjour Jose,
une perspective très réussie qui donne beaucoup de panache à cet aqueduct. J'aime beaucoup le différence de teintes entre la pierre et la végétation.
Un bien joli ciel.
Regards.
Daniel.

JCG (35129) 2009-03-19 9:36

Bonsoir José,

Un bien bel ouvrage d'art qui porte un nom plutôt obscure... J'aime beaucoup ta prise de vue qui donne encore plus de relief à l'édifice et ce magnifique ciel qui apporte un belle profondeur à l'image je trouve. Les contrastes sont très intéressants. Une image de qualité et instructive, merci José.

Avec toutes mes amitiés et une très bonne soirée,

Jean-Charles

Silvio1953 (98001) 2009-03-19 11:48

Ciao Jose, wonderful composition, fantastic perspective on amazing architecture, splendid colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

jwmunro (286) 2009-03-19 15:19

Hello Jose -

This scene brings back memories of our visit to Pont du Gard in Provence, France. I do like the perspective of this scene as the aqueduct leads us right into the scene and provides excellent depth. Well see and accomplished.

Thank you for sharing.

John

jmdias (45774) 2009-03-19 17:06

zé

não sabia sobre este aqueduto, ele até se parece com o pont du gard no sul da frança, mas tenho a impressão que é menor em altura. conheci tarragona e visitei seus monumentos romanos, mas este ficou de fora. Linda imagem com belo pov e enquadramento, pena que o céu não estava lá estas coisas

abraços

jorge

paura (47166) 2009-03-20 3:44

José,
Absolutamente interessante essa estrutura. E está tomada com sua habitual compet~encia fotográfica. Muito boa.

Abraço

Paulo

ilDottore (5252) 2009-03-20 4:13

Olá, José
Excellent colours and composition.
Fantastic light and perspective.
Cheers
Chris

maloutim (8590) 2009-03-20 20:10

Bonjour Jose!
Un très joli point de vue et une très belle lumière sur cet aqueduct romain qui nous fait penser au Pont du Gard en France ou bien à l'aqueduct de Ségovie, même s'il est moins impressionant!
J'aime bien la couleur ocre de la pierre sur le fond de verdure!
Merci de nous faire partager cet édifice historique que je ne connaissais pas!
Amicalement.
Marie Louise.

vinicio (23415) 2009-03-20 23:58

Good contribute to my theme about Roman's buildings, thanks Jose, and compliments the photo is nicely done and is beautiful.
Have a nice WE
Ciao
Vinicio

pablominto (53744) 2009-03-21 23:54

Hello Jose,

I'm always impressed when seeing those ancient pieces of engineering!
Obviously they did something right since they are still standing after all these years...
Effective point of view and a fine dynamic composition!

Greetings,
Pablo -

Jardim (3243) 2009-03-22 5:50

Olá José,

Gosto da composição que fizeste desta ponte Romana com boa definição e profundidade. Uma vista muito agradável e interessante.

JJ

Bluejeans (64221) 2009-03-22 16:35

Oi José ,
Que beleza de aqueduto , magnifica estas construções com estes arcos , gostei do teu ponto de visão em diagonal deu bastante profundidade de foto , parabéns !!
Um abraço Gonçalo

AiresSantos (56155) 2009-03-23 0:42

Ola Jose
Uma excelente vista da Ponte do Diabo. Perspecpectiva e enquadramento magnificos. As cores naturais e o contraste estao muito bons
Um abraco e boa semana
Aires

guitianmiranda (5303) 2009-03-25 15:02

Buen uso del angular para mostrar este acueducto en una perspectiva tan acertada, muy gráfica.

Un saludo Jose.

BWJ (3022) 2009-03-26 5:20

Hello Jose,
You have a magnificent photo here. It gives fantastic perspective and repeating patterns effect. Clarity, depth, and rich texture are wonderful. I like it very much.
Kind regards,
Betty

berek (31903) 2009-04-13 20:57

Hi Jose,
interesting aqueduct here. I like great perspective and atmosphere here. thanks for note.
Greetings
Burak

xuaxo (6830) 2009-06-20 5:39

Olá José,
Interessante foto do Aqüeducte. Faz lembrar a Pont du Gard, em França, embora mais pequeno.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco