Triana Bridge, Seville: Evening on the Guadalquivir
The iron arch of the Triana Bridge spans the frame from the stone pier on the right to the embankment wall on the left, and the rings that fill its spandrels catch the light like a row of coins. Lamps are lit along the parapet. Behind the bridge, the bell tower and tiled dome of the Capilla del Carmen stand against the evening sky, and every lit window on the far bank throws a gold stripe down into the water. Nothing moves except the river. The city has switched on its lights, and the water keeps them. This first image is an interpretation with a sunset sky; the photograph it grew from, taken at blue hour, appears further down. Sunset Over Triana Bridge, Seville: an interpretation of the photograph shown below. Sapiens Verbum. 🖼️ Get this photo as a print → The bridge's official name is the Puente de Isabel II, after the queen in whose reign it was finished in 1852, but in Seville almost nobody calls it that. It is the Puente de Triana, named after the district it reaches....