Real Paved Roman Road (Maritime Alps)

[Katsuhiko JiNNai]

Here some pictures of a real ancient paved roman road I personally visit sometime (I have a small apartment in Limone Piemonte, just some few km from the road), this road is in the "Colle di Tenda", a high mountain pass in the Alps, close to the border between France and Italy. The road was first developed by Phoenicians and later maintained by Greeks and Romans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_de_Tende

Usually this road is used from trekkers.

[Furt]

That is great. You are lucky to have such things around you. 

[Sangennaru]

That's a great road you've there!

Unfortunaly, it's rather hard to reproduce this in scale unless you include some flocking work, which is critical for a good result! :S

[Elbows]

We have paved roads in America which disappear within 8 years if someone doesn't patch them or trim the verge...ridiculous.  Imagine that, proper construction and stone lasts a bit longer eh?

[Valerik]

That's why Engineers make the big denarii !!

& some poor sod of a Legionaire, along with the pioneers & sappers, had to make that Engineer's plan a reality.

We don't, can't, won't, build a living lasting timeless pathway these days.

Progress?

YMMV

Valerik

[Timbor]

To be fair, you don't see many vehicles or transport trailers driving at 120kph on those roman roads...