These old milestones are seen in many places in Copenhagen. This one I found in Christianshavn just where the old gate to Amager stood, the so-called Southern Gate or Amager Gate. It shows the distance to various villages on Amager such as Dragør and St. Magleby. Even though they don't have much function today it's nice to be reminded that 11 km was a long trip in the old days when on foot or by ox cart.
Looks well preserved. I can imagine using these to gauge the distance I hike or bike each day.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful and well preserved, obviously built to last. I haven't seen anything comparable here, probably they are long gone now.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, great that they survived:)
ReplyDeleteLove these pieces of history and touch it, is like an imaginary time machine! Congrats for your last awards, you deserved for your dedication.
ReplyDeleteCompared to Saijo's milestone, Copenhagen's is much much bigger. Still it's a long strip when on bicycle :).
ReplyDeleteAgain I'm lagging way behind in answering all of your comments :-( And I'm afraid It'll happen again in the next week. I hope you'll all forgivew me.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all for your nice comments.