40 міліметрів до минулого

"40 millimeters to the past"
One of the most interesting historical sites in the United Kingdom is Tintagel Castle, which is located on a picturesque promontory on the North Cornwall coast. The castle was built around 1233 and is associated not only with the legendary King Arthur. In the cycle of legends about Tristan and Isolde, it is the main place of the event In the Middle Ages, Tintagel's residents walked from one side to the other using a narrow land bridge, but Erosion had destroyed almost the entire dam and for many years a steep staircase led to the castle. In 2015, a competition was announced for the best design of a new bridge. The winners, Ney & Partners and William Matthews Associates, proposed a design that not only follows the original medieval route but also harmonizes with the coastal landscape, with stainless steel consoles that disappear against the sky when viewed from a distance. This spring and summer, the installation of this 70-meter bridge is underway - one of the consoles stretches from the mainland to the island, the other - back, but they will not meet The engineers left a 40-millimeter gap for travelers to feel this transition between the mainland and the island, between the present and the past.