[Leica] Nathan's PAD 16/9/2020: morning light

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks, Douglas, and indeed I was wrong—this tower is newer than the Moorish period (which ended here in 1293 or so). It was built in the 1550s to guard against pirates, and was part of a system of such towers along the coast. Each tower had 4 men and 2 horses. If a pirate ship was approaching, 2 men would ride to inform the nearby towns, while the other 2 stayed in the tower and sent smoke signals to the neighbouring towers to alert them.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>

Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>

YNWA

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> On 18 Sep 2020, at 23:37, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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> Those round defensive towers are common enough here as they were installed by our overlords at the time - the English - to fend off invasion by Napoleon. They're known as Martello towers and are almost a direct copy of a Corsican tower that troubled English warships. I like the light you captured in Aigues.
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> Douglas
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> On 18/09/2020 19:53, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Now that I have gone back to the office, I do my morning bike rides a bit earlier than when I was working at home, since I have to allow for the 1/2 hour commute. This, coupled with the day being shorter now than back in June and July, means that I get to see the sunrise every morning while out on two wheels. It is good for me, and sometimes I just have to stop and take a picture. These two are from Wednesday morning’s ride.
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>> The harbour of El Campello; the round tower is an old Moorish structure which used to serve as the local Guardia Civil HQ until the cops got a modern building a couple of years ago:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rR3ztZ9/A
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>> About 1/2 hour later, morning light in the village of Aigües:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Hrzxfwm/A
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
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>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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>> YNWA
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