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Thursday’s Special: Heart of Steel
Unlike Paris or Prague, 900 year-old Zagreb did not develop on the banks of a river. Over centuries it had sufficient room to grow at the bottom of Medvednica Mountain, and was reluctant to cross the watercourse. When in the 1930’s the town’s population started to move across the Sava, Zagreb was in need of bridges. The Railway Bridge also known as the “Green Bridge” was built in 1939, and at the time of construction was the longest arch span of all railway bridges in Europe.
Today, the town’s landmark that leads us from the south of the town to the downtown Zagreb, the Green Bridge stands as a symbol of life on the river, a symbol of steadiness, perseverance, constancy, the one thing that remains the same while everything else around it changes as much as the river itself.
P.S. It seemed fair that in spite of all my travels I dedicate my 200th post to my home town Zagreb 🙂
**About Thursday’s Special: It is a ‘non-challenge’ challenge that appeals to bloggers eager to wake up their creativity and show their own ideas and interpretation of the world. I invite everybody interested to join in. There are no themes, titles and techniques set for your expression, there are no limits and restrictions (no red tape whatsoever). The only thing required is to post a photo post on Thursdays entitled “Thursday’s Special: (your theme/title)” (as explained in my Thursday’s Special introductory post), to provide a link to my Thursday’s Special post, and to leave a link to your post in the comments section of my post. If you like Thursday’s Special widget, feel free to grab it and post it on your blog.
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That is an absolute stunner Paula! Super job with that and great post!
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Your comment is much appreciated dear Phil 🙂
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What a lovely shot Paula and love the effect you created. That bridge is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing hon. 😀 *hugs*
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Thank you, honey 🙂 Big hugs to you and a peaceful night!
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Great photo and interesting story, Thanks
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Thank you. I am so glad you liked it!
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Dedicating your 200th post to your beautiful home town Zagreb! How very special 🙂 Thank you so much for introducing your home town, Paula!!
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🙂 🙂
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What a beautiful photograph, Paula! Stunning capture indeed.
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It is so nice to hear this Uday. Thank you so much 🙂
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I love the photo Paula.. and congrats on 200 posts.. quite the mile stone…
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Thank you so much Bulldog 🙂
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Nothing like a great bridge shot, Paula, and this is certainly one. I’d love to see more shots of Zagreb. (I can wait for Corsica 🙂 ) Congrats on 200!
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😀 I’ll have to take more photos of my town, and as for my holidays… there are still shots from Paris and Italy I haven’t published :D, though the ones from Corsica are my favourites. With winter coming I hate to see them all published right away. I will soon enter my annual hibernation, and will need these memories to keep me warm 😉 Thank you, Jo 🙂
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Hi Paula…Yes, I think it is fair you dedícate this post to your hometown….Sometimes we forgot to look at the places we are living in….:)
Beautiful bridge !!!!
Felicidaddes por los 200 posts!!! 🙂
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Muchas gracias Ilargia 🙂 Tienes razon en lo que dices 🙂
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Great image. The clouds are wonderful.
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Yes, they were :). That day I even got my camera wet in the process 🙂 Thank you LD
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Schönes Bild schöne Wolken lieber Gruß und einen schönen Tag.Gislinde
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Danke Gislinde 🙂
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Congratulations, Paula, on reaching your 200th post and best wishes to the next 200! You have a stunning photo and a beautiful dedication to Zagreb. This is my submission to this week’s Special:
http://opallaontrails.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/thursday-special-ottawa-celebrates-fall/
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Thank you, dear Opalla. I love your pumpkin display :D. Many thanks for entering it for my TS.
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Many thanks go to you, Paula 🙂
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Congratulations for your 200th post!
And I love this bridge and the sky above….. Absolutely awesome pic!
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Grazie Anna 🙂
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What a marvelous photo and post, Paula! I’m a native of Pittsburgh, which is our “steel city” and so your writing and photo definitely resonate with me. Beautiful sky and bridge.
Here’s mine for this week: Pictures at an Exhibition
http://wp.me/p3sJPz-sD
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😀 Thank you for your contribution, Babsje 🙂 It is lovely!
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You’re welcome, and thanks again for the kind words.
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A beautiful shot and a most touching tribute to your hometown Paula!
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🙂 Dear Patti, I was thinking about you today 🙂 I thought why there wasn’t anything of yours on my reader. I am going over to your place now 🙂 Thank you for saying this, dear.
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Thank you dear Paula! I am way behind on everything WP (we had family visiting from London!) so lovely to be back and catching up with you.
I love how you have caught the time of the year so well in this shot – it’s what it feels like here but without your warmth of color!
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🙂 This one was shot in late Spring 🙂 Same here Patti, it feels good to catch up 🙂
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Wonderful 🙂
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🙂 thank you Elle 🙂
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A really magnificent photo, Paula. Such a dramatic sky. A very inspiring song too. 🙂
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You are the sweetiest 🙂 Thank you, Sylvia.
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Excellent photo, Paula – by the way the title, maybe steel have a heart at least sometimes… 🙂 🙂
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Of course it does 🙂 Its being steel does not mean it is heartless, it means it is undestructible and enduring 🙂
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Wonderful cloudy shot! also like the bridge….
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Thanks!
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Nice. I hope I get to go and visit Zagreb one day.
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I wish the old spirit of Zagreb could be rekindled, but it will never happen again. Now, it is too metropolitan while still being small and provincial despite being the capital of Croatia. Too many people for its square area, poorly organised traffic, people from different parts of the country have changed its character. The original dialect is no longer to be heard. I miss the Zagreb I knew when I was a kid.
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Your photo of this bridge looks…timeless!
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Thank you dear Annie 🙂 It makes me happy to read you.
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Very good picture. Funny how, when I’m with my camera, I see clouds differently. As do you, it seems.
Way to capture this scene.
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This is a very nice observation 🙂 a great compliment as it comes from you 🙂 Thank you, Dinkerson.
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Awesome shot. Is this the same bridge, close shot you posted a few months back? Just curious!
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Yes, I had a picture of the same bridge posted in b&w here https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/black-white-photo-challenge-bridges/ Nice of you to remember, Arjun 🙂 I like this version better 🙂
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And this one?
https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/sunday-post-bridge/
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This is a different one that I only shot and posted once 🙂
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Some ole’ memories 🙂
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I am planning to post more bridges soon :). I rarely take pics of people.
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Yea, let’s bridge them.
I wonder why I take pictures of them, best I understand is – trying to find myself, that reminds me….do you have one of yours here?
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Yes, I have. In the sidebar on the right there is a selection of my posts. Look for the one “Paula’s brainy quote” 😀
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I love the way HDR details cloudscapes so marvelously. This is a gorgeous shot, Paula.
I’d like to be there to catch the taggers when thy’re spraypainting their grafitti on that bridge.
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Me too, Allan, I’d like to catch them 🙂 Thank you so much for commenting 🙂
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Le pont encadre les buildings… Belle composition ! 🙂 La photo est bien équilibrée. 🙂
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🙂
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