Martin Sotelano
Hello, I am an Argentinean photographer living in the UK with my fabulous family (the only “Argie” among them).
Because of our jobs, we had the opportunity to travel across the UK. This blog is to share some images I made on our trips.
I hope you enjoy it.
PS: I am including some information about the places, just in case you want to visit them.
PS2, As sometimes we make short stops, some locations may not have lots of images, but, as we probably will go again, more images will be added. Come and visit the website again.
(some of) The places:
Newport Transporter Bridge
The Newport Transporter Bridge (Welsh: Pont Gludo Casnewydd) is a transporter bridge that crosses the River Usk in Newport, South East Wales. The bridge is the lowest crossing on the River Usk. It is a Grade I listed structure. It is one of fewer than ten transporter bridges that remain used worldwide; only a few dozen were ever built. It is one of only two operational transporter bridges in Britain, the other being the Tees Transporter Bridge. French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin designed the bridge. It was built in 1906 and opened by Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, on 12 […]
Newport Medieval Ship (Part Two)
The most likely construction date of the ship is immediately after the winter of 1457/8. This date was obtained by oxygen isotope dendrochronology. An earlier standard dendrochronology study (measuring the width of annual growth rings) has given most of the timbers a likely felling date of 1449. This earlier study identified the Basque region of Northern Spain as the source of the shipbuilding timber. This is an area well known for its shipbuilding industry at this time. Woods associated with later phases of repair come from Britain, as do many structural pieces dating from c.1466. These timbers have been associated […]
Newport Medieval Ship (Part One)
The Newport Ship is a mid-fifteenth-century sailing vessel discovered by archaeologists in June 2002 in Newport, South East Wales. It was found on the west bank of the River Usk, which runs through the city centre, during the building of the Riverfront Arts Centre, from which it sustained some damage. The official name of the vessel is now the Newport Medieval Ship to help distinguish it from other historical vessels. The ship was originally around 116 feet (35 metres) long and has been estimated to be 161 tons in burden – that being the number of tuns of Bordeaux wine […]
Newport Cathedral
Newport Cathedral, also known as St Gwynllyw’s or St Woolos’s Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth within the Church in Wales and the seat of the Bishop of Monmouth. Its official title is Newport Cathedral of St Woolos, King and Confessor. The saint’s name, Woolos, anglicises the Welsh name Gwynllyw. It became a cathedral in 1949; while it is the size of a large parish church rather than a typical cathedral, its history and development from the sixth to the twentieth century make it arguably one of Wales’s most fascinating religious buildings. Gallery
London Icons
A collection of images of the most iconic buildings and landmarks of London Gallery
Views From Greenwich
Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-south-east of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time. The town became the site of a royal palace, the Palace of Placentia, in the 15th century and was the birthplace of many Tudors, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The castle fell into disrepair during the English Civil War. It was demolished and replaced by the Royal Naval Hospital for Sailors, […]
White Castle (Part Two)
White Castle (Welsh: Castell Gwyn), also known historically as Llantilio Castle, is a ruined castle near the village of Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. The Normans established the fortification in the wake of the invasion of England in 1066 to protect the route from Wales to Hereford. Possibly commissioned by William fitz Osbern, the Earl of Hereford, it comprised three large earthworks with timber defences. In 1135, a major Welsh revolt took place, and in response, King Stephen brought together White Castle and its sister fortifications of Grosmont and Skenfrith to form a lordship known as the “Three Castles”, which […]
Tredegar House at Christmas
Tredegar House (Welsh: Tŷ Tredegar) is a 17th-century Charles II-era mansion on the southwestern edge of Newport, Wales. For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family, later Lords Tredegar; one of the most powerful and influential families in the area. Described as, “the grandest and most exuberant country house in Monmouthshire” and one of the “outstanding houses of the Restoration period in the whole of Britain”,the mansion stands in a reduced landscaped garden of 90 acres (0.36 km2) forming the non-residential part of Tredegar Park. The property became a Grade I listed building on 3 March […]