Comments on: Chimney pots

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:10:00 +0000

If you like this kind od architecture you should absolutly see the Major cathedral in Marseille (France) and also Cordoue cathedral (Spain) they so beautiful as a melting-pot result! Middle age melting pot for Cordoue and 19th century for Marseille.

Le baron perché from Italo Calvino is the story a boy climbing in a tree and he doesn't want to go down anymore. I thought about it when watching your pictures, as if a story could happen only on a roof ^^

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:49:00 +0000

JO - that's fascinating about the minarets!

Hrugaar: had me wondering for a bit about how come I had missed the Dali House in Barcelona.

You're right Gynie - Guardi-like definitely. My memories of the Calvino are too far distant to recall...

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:22:00 +0000

Oops! gynie is right … I meant Gaudi, not Dali! Sorry, brain short-circuiting again. :S

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:26:00 +0000

It makes me think about Gaudi ^^
and about a story taking place in trees called ‘le baron perché’ d’Italo Calvino

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:50:00 +0000

For some reason they remind me of the Dali house in Barcelona, I’m not sure why.

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:34:00 +0000

Interesting Glenda. When we were in the Algarve, in Portugal, we noticed lots of interesting and artistic chimney pots there. It turned out that when the Moors left and the Christians took over, there were lots of Muslims who’s religion was suppressed by the Christians (the Muslims had not suppressed the Christians by the way) so they built small minarets on the roof and when questioned claimed they were chimneys.