# Ponts Couverts

Strasbourg, France

Three medieval bridges guarded by four square towers, built between 1230 and 1250 as Strasbourg's river defence. Their wooden roofs vanished in 1784, but the name, the covered bridges, has never let go.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: 48.57989, 7.73953

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