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Oh wow. > In 1496 the third arch (counting from the Old Town side) broke down after one of the pillars lowered, being undermined by the water (repairs were fi
by prennert 6y ago
Oh wow.
> In 1496 the third arch (counting from the Old Town side) broke down after one of the pillars lowered, being undermined by the water (repairs were finished in 1503).
So that suggests there were no, or too little, defences against washout of the foundations originally.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoOr, no divers inspecting the pillars and foundations against erosion. It was easy to get complacent in the old days, after the Engineer died, and just assume the old monuments were eternal.