🔴 🌉The Shaharah Bridge "Bridge of Sighs"🌉🔴 . ⚫It was built in the 17th century in Yemen and it has interesting stories connected to it. ⚫The structure was designed only to be destroyed in minutes in the event that Turks would try to invade. ⚫In the 1500s, the Ottoman Turks invaded Yemen , once their freedom was regained sometime in the 1600s, the local Shaharah leader, Al-Usta Saleh, ordered a bridge to be constructed that could be destroyed in the event of another invasion. ⚫It's main purpose was to help people cross to other side without having to climb down the mountain and then climb back up again. 😯With time, it earned its name ‘Bridge of Sighs’ because the spectacular sight of the stone bridge spanning two mountains left onlookers speechless. . . Follow me @historical_grams to enjoy more and more posts about our world's marvelous History.❤ . . #bridge #yeman #mountain #shaharahbridge #shaharah #bridgeofsighs #inscription #ancientrome #ancientgreece #unesco #featured #archaeology #history #ancient #art #archeologia #archaeologist #architecture #historical_grams #travel #archaeological #rome #london #paris #photography #usa #museum #roma #book #explorepage (at YAMEN) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQBINX7noUc/?utm_medium=tumblr
