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般來說從火車站出來,走過Pont
Adolphe就可以俯視Petrusse河谷的景觀,我們這次卻直接從市中心這一面對望火車站區。春天的Petrusse河谷綠蔭濃密,觀光客就在市中
心這一岸的憲法廣場與地下要塞穿梭。在歐洲我一直很喜歡大城市的橋,尤其是像巴黎倫敦布拉格布達佩斯這類大河流經的城市,從河的某一面看可以由近而遠一次
看見許多或新或舊的精美橋樑橫跨著(在比利時,大概只有列日稍微有點橋的景觀)。而在盧森堡,橋樑是與河谷和兩面山壁景觀結合的,Pont
Adolphe代表20世紀最初的工法,一個大拱撐住兩面山壁、加上兩側幾個小拱減輕重量;對面的新橋則從谷地地面直接伸起柱子來支承平面橋板;最新的Pont de la Grande Duchess Charlotte則僅在橋面下伸出兩根斜撐,就在河谷高處山壁上輕巧地站立起來。
盧
森堡雖然近在比利時南邊一點點,可是街道與建築型態已經有明顯的差異了。許多城市類型研究都提出了一個假說:歐洲北部城市重商,以經濟效益決定城市空間,
產生了長條街屋的形式,以荷蘭與比利時街屋為經典;而歐洲南部城市則以社群為主,即使是貿易大城也以向內圍閉的中庭天井院落建築為主。在盧森堡就可以看出
點過度的樣子,街屋在這裡大致還是看得見,只是有許許多多街廓都被一或兩棟規模較大的mansion給佔住,因此有寬廣而堂皇的外觀、可以大規模地鋪上曼
薩式屋頂構成其天際線,也要打開門才能登堂入室看見中庭一個個花園。今日許多政府機構建築把相鄰幾個街廓的mansions用玻璃空橋連接起來,外牆的平
面上也向聖母院一般浮刻了各種連續的圖樣,其中以市中心的大公宮殿 Palais du Grand
Duc最為堂皇,不過石頭表面雕刻也就是宮殿上最精緻的元素了,如其他國家宮殿一般的華麗金屬雕飾一點都沒有。
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