24 August 2022

Ampera Bridge over the Musi River in Palembang, Sumatra (Indonesia)

"In the year 1225, in order to protect the capital from attacks, there was formerly a chain, stretched over the Musi River. This chain could be raised or lowered by an ingenious device. Late, after many years of peace, when the chain was no longer necessary, it was in deposited in the river bank where for a long time it was a veneration among the natives"

Old Chronicle inspiration
of Ampera Bridge contruction