Hadrian’s Wall, a Roman-era fortification spanning the width of northern England, was lit up from end to end by volunteers carrying flaming torches Saturday.
As night fell, 500 gas flames were lit at 250m intervals for 135km from Wallsend in northeast England to Bowness-on-Solway in the northwest.
This created a coast-to-coast line of light along the route of a path which runs next to the wall.
Hadrian’s Wall was built in 122 AD on the orders of the Roman emperor Hadrian to mark his empire’s northern frontier. It is the largest monument from the ancient era in northern Europe and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
While some sections of the wall have seen better days, there are many places where the original brickwork is still fully intact.
The torch-lighting event marked British Tourism Week and the 1,600th anniversary of the Roman departure from Britain in 410 AD.
“When you see you the lights here, it’s easy to imagine what it must have been like to be stationed here up on the wall,” said Linda Tuttiett, chief executive of Hadrian’s Wall Heritage, which looks after the wall and organized the event.
(AFP WITH STAFF WRITER)
志工們上週六帶著火炬，從起點到終點照亮橫跨英國北部、於羅馬時代建造的防禦工事「哈德良城牆」。
當夜晚降臨，志工們點燃了五百支火炬，每支火炬各間隔兩百五十公尺，在全長一百三十五公里的哈德良城牆上一字排開，從英國東北部的沃爾森延伸到西北部的博尼斯。
這項創舉以燈火沿著城牆，打造出了連貫英國東西兩岸的閃亮大道。
羅馬皇帝哈德良西元一二二年時下令建造該城牆，作為其帝國北部的邊界。它是歐洲北部最大的古代歷史遺跡，也被聯合國教科文組織評定為世界文化遺產。
該城牆某些區段的風貌已不復以往，但大部分的區段，原始磚造建築體至今仍完整無缺。
點燃火炬的活動是為了宣傳英國觀光週，並紀念羅馬人在西元四一０年撤離英國的一千六百週年紀念日。
「哈德良城牆公司」執行長琳達•塔堤耶說︰「當你在這裡目睹這些火炬，便很容易想像當年軍隊駐紮的情景。」她的公司負責維護該城牆並籌辦此活動。（法新社╱翻譯：張愛弟）
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