Japanese Bridge over the lake of Perdana Botanical Garden in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Skyscrapers towerin' the masses gatherin' in a cityOf limitless chances and wealth sense shattering
Development materialistic inhabitants
Stressful in their lifestyles
Migrants emergin' from miles apart
Depart from their birthplace to metropolitan KL
Infamous capital where I dwell

From the song Kuala Lumpur

by Poetic Ammo

Bridge over a canal in the Stanislawa Staszica Park in Pila, Wielkopolska (Poland)

"Equality, liberty and property are the most necessary and simplest corollary of human rights."

Stanislaw Staszic,

after whom this park is named

Chinese Bridge in a pond of the Biddulph Grange Gardens, Staffordshire, England (United Kingdom)

"One who plants a garden plants happiness,"

Chinese proverb

Geumcheon Bridge in the Changdeokgung Palace of Seoul (South Korea)

Changdeokgung is an outstanding example of East Asian palace architecture and garden design, exceptional for the way in which the buildings are integrated into and harmonized with the natural setting, adapting to the topography and retaining indigenous tree cover.

Changdeokgung Palace Complex

as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Paine's Bridge over the Derwent River in Chastworth House, Derbyshare Dales, England (United Kingdom)

Chatsworth! thy stately mansion and the pride
Of thy domain, strange contrast do present
To house and home in many a craggy rent
Of the wild Peak; where new-born waters glide
Through fields whose thrifty occupants abide
As in a dear and chosen banishment,
With every semblance of entire content;
So kind is simple Nature, fairly tried!
Yet he whose heart in childhood gave her troth
To pastoral dales, thin set with modest farms,
May learn, if judgement strengthen with his growth,
That not for Fancy only pomp hath charms;
And, strenuous to protect from lawless harms
The extremes of favoured life, may honour both.

Poem by William Wordworth

Bridge over the Pond of Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)

Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine gardens in the historic city of Suzhou. They are generally acknowledged to be masterpieces of the genre. Dating from the 11th-19th century, the gardens reflect the profound metaphysical importance of natural beauty in Chinese culture in their meticulous design.

Classical Gardens of Suzhou

UNESCO Word Heritage Site

John III Sobieski Bridge in the Lazienki Park of Warsaw (Poland)

Oh, for a kindling touch from that pure flame

Which ministered, erewhile, to a sacrifice
Of gratitude, beneath Italian skies,
In words like these: 'Up, Voice of song! proclaim
'Thy saintly rapture with celestial aim:
'For lo! the Imperial City stands released
'From bondage threatened by the embattled East,
'And Christendom respires; from guilt and shame
'Redeemed, from miserable fear set free
'By one day's feat, one mighty victory.

From a Poem by William Wordsworth

about John III Sobieski

Adam Bridge over the Compton Pools in Compton Verney, England (United Kingdom)

"Campaign launched to save iconic 250-year-old bridge at Compton Verney in WarwickshireThe beautiful Grade II listed bridge has been the venue for many wedding photos...

...Installed in the 1770s as part of major changes to the park’s landscape by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, the beautiful bridge is an important example of 18th-century architecture and is now Grade II listed."

Banbury Guardian,

4th Nov 2022

Bridge over the Lukhan Temple Lake in Lhasa, Tibet (China)

Water flows from high mountain sources.
Water runs deep in the Earth.
Miraculously, water comes to us
and sustains all life.

Tibetan poem

Japanese Bridge over a lake in the Hagenbecks Tierpark, Hamburg (Germany)

 

"In Japanese culture, there is a belief that God is everywhere - in mountains, trees, rocks, even in our sympathy for robots or Hello Kitty toys."

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japanese Bridge in the Gardens of Giverny, Eure (France)

“What could be said about me…a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well.”

Claude Monet