Sunday, June 26, 2011

Roman Wall in Chester, England

This city of something over 77,000 people is quite a nice visit.  Certain we saw more old city than new on a short visit, we found the old Roman wall very interesting. A walk around gives a pleasing view of different areas of the city in vicinity of the wall.  Straight from Wikipedia with credit given, "Chester was founded as a 'castrum'or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the year 79 by the Roman Legio II Adiutrix during the reign of the Emperor Vespasian. Chester's four main roads, Eastgate, Northgate, Watergate and Bridge, follow routes laid out at this time – almost 2,000 years ago."



This photo shows a part of the wall on a foggy morning.  The wall also goes down by the River Dee, an interesting part of the walk.

Decency called for something more pleasing than the chewing gum ornamentation of steps in the previous post.

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