Thursday, December 11, 2008

Bollard

One of the eighteenth-century stone bollards where sailing ships used to moor along Canal Grande.

The navigable canal was built in 1754-1756 so that sailing vessels could reach the centre of the city to load and unload goods.

9 comments:

humanobserver said...

Looks so elegant ....

Unknown said...

I really like this composition in b&w!

nobu said...

Impressive and tasty...

Fio said...

Sono impressionata dalla composizione. Molto originale ed elegante :)

Victor said...

Photographic perfection. Bravo!!

Federico said...

The lighting is tremedous!

tr3nta said...

spectacular B&W...

Antonia said...

Magnificent atmosphere - like a teather scene!

Some Birds said...

Beautiful picture!