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sister_luck) wrote2014-08-14 06:21 pm
sister_luck) wrote2014-08-14 06:21 pm
Angles.
Here is the next instalment of my Portugal pics.
The prompt was
architecture.
Which I found surprisingly hard, even though I took many pictures of buildings, but I didn't just want to post a collection of random churches and houses.
Somehow I also didn't really manage to take many good photographs of typical Algarvian architecture - it takes a while to set up a shot like this and most of my pictures are snapshots.
But I did some cropping and stuff and here are some photos from two different places that - vaguely - have something to do with architecture.
I'll start with this:
This shows a typical street in the old part of Aljezur - a town with the most fascinating history and more museums than expected. Aljezur was founded in the 10th century by the Arabs and its castle was one of the last to be taken from them - at dawn one day in 1249 and Our Lady of the Dawn became the Patron Saint of Aljezur.
Before the earthquake in 1755 and the tsunami that followed it, Aljezur was one of the most important ports of the Algarve - which is hard to believe because it is several kilometres away from the ocean and the once tidal and much deeper Ribeira de Aljezur is only a small stream today. Large ships anchored in the old harbour and the castle was built to defend it from the corsairs. In the 15th century ships from Flanders and Lisbon brought their wares and there was trade in cloth, silver, fruits and vegetables, honey, oil and many other goods.
The old buildings didn't survive the earthquake, but the lay-out of the town mostly stayed the same and there are still some of the lanes leading down to the former mooring points of the ships.
Here is the street leading up to the castle - one of the few that is large enough for modern cars!
In the background you can see the old church and the buildings on the right seem to have some art déco elements to me.
The one on the left is the former town hall and now houses the municipal museum:
There you can find pre-historic and Roman finds, a room dedicated to the Moors and the customs and traditions left behind as well as the usual rural museum type exhibition with ethnographic items showing everyday life.
Have I mentioned that the kid loves museums?
Off to another place with a photo that mixes the modern and the traditional:
I know they are not very original, but I can't seem to resists taking pictures of reflections in windows.
This was taken in Silves, the medieval city with the big castle.
Please throw more prompts at me - I don't mind a bunch of them and they could be anything! I'll think of something.
The prompt was
architecture.
Which I found surprisingly hard, even though I took many pictures of buildings, but I didn't just want to post a collection of random churches and houses.
Somehow I also didn't really manage to take many good photographs of typical Algarvian architecture - it takes a while to set up a shot like this and most of my pictures are snapshots.
But I did some cropping and stuff and here are some photos from two different places that - vaguely - have something to do with architecture.
I'll start with this:
This shows a typical street in the old part of Aljezur - a town with the most fascinating history and more museums than expected. Aljezur was founded in the 10th century by the Arabs and its castle was one of the last to be taken from them - at dawn one day in 1249 and Our Lady of the Dawn became the Patron Saint of Aljezur.
Before the earthquake in 1755 and the tsunami that followed it, Aljezur was one of the most important ports of the Algarve - which is hard to believe because it is several kilometres away from the ocean and the once tidal and much deeper Ribeira de Aljezur is only a small stream today. Large ships anchored in the old harbour and the castle was built to defend it from the corsairs. In the 15th century ships from Flanders and Lisbon brought their wares and there was trade in cloth, silver, fruits and vegetables, honey, oil and many other goods.
The old buildings didn't survive the earthquake, but the lay-out of the town mostly stayed the same and there are still some of the lanes leading down to the former mooring points of the ships.
Here is the street leading up to the castle - one of the few that is large enough for modern cars!
In the background you can see the old church and the buildings on the right seem to have some art déco elements to me.
The one on the left is the former town hall and now houses the municipal museum:
There you can find pre-historic and Roman finds, a room dedicated to the Moors and the customs and traditions left behind as well as the usual rural museum type exhibition with ethnographic items showing everyday life.
Have I mentioned that the kid loves museums?
Off to another place with a photo that mixes the modern and the traditional:
I know they are not very original, but I can't seem to resists taking pictures of reflections in windows.
This was taken in Silves, the medieval city with the big castle.
Please throw more prompts at me - I don't mind a bunch of them and they could be anything! I'll think of something.