The Bastei is a rock formation rising 194 metres above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. Reaching a height of 305 metres above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were f
The Bastei Bridge
Aerial image of the Bastei rock formation
The wooden Bastei bridge (1826)
Memorial tablet on a rock by the Bastei bridge
The Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe Sandstone Highlands, are a mountain range straddling the border between the state of Saxony in southeastern Germany and the North Bohemian region of
Bastei
…The Bastei is a rock formation rising 194 metres (636 ft) above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. Reaching a height of 305 metres (1,001 ft) above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million…
Lilienstein, one of several small mesas in the Saxon part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains
The Elbe valley in Bohemian Switzerland. The mountains on the horizon lie in Saxony.
Hercules pillars in the Biela valley