The Rua Da Academia das Ciências in Lisbon is a narrow lane 100m from our family’s abode. Cars that turn into it have to slow down to navigate the sharp turn and pedestrians hug the wall to let the cars pass. The arch and the bridge a bit further on used to connect a convent and a church many centuries ago. It is rumoured that the priests secretly used the bridge at night to visit the nuns.
©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
I like that urban legend of the priests visiting the nuns. I wonder if anyone has actually trued to see if there’s any truth to it.
It probably exists only via the oral tradition, it is worth some research I might do though.
Wonderful entry.
Thank you 🙂
You got a couple of nice bridges/arches in this shot.
janet
Thanks Janet 🙂
What a beautiful piece of architecture! And NO (gasp) to the rumors – the priests did not meet up with the nuns!
Hehehe 🙂 gasp indeed!
When I walk those narrow streets I wonder about the histories of the buildings and the people who lived in them.