Monday, October 14, 2024

Architectural Embellishments of Italy

This post is for Ann, who took many of these photos. She has a thing for architectural detail, as do I, and there is no end of really interesting doors, windows, niches, and other architectural embellishments to photograph all over Italy. I should clarify. I am speaking of classical embellishments in Italian-speaking Italy and not of the timber framing and stags' horns of the alpine style found in German-speaking Trentino-Alto Adige.

Pistoia: Gorgeous Classic Doors
Pistoia: Incredible Door Ornamentation
Pisotia: Stunning Iron Grating
Pistoia: Hand-Wrought Burglar Bars
Modena: Work of Art in Iron
Bologna: Diamond Bars
Verona: Gothic Flourish
Verona: Door to Our B&B Dates to 1200s
Verona: Neither Door nor Window
Niche at Chiesa di Santo Stefano
Verona: More Windows with Gothic Flourishes
Verona: Niche on Corner of Building
Verona: Not a Door, but a Passageway to a Courtyard
Ferrara: A Beautiful Take on Corner Ornamentation
Ferrara: Lion's Head Motifs on a Door
Ferrara: Pigeon and Window Grating on Castello Estense
Ferrara: Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea
Expand to See Carving and Iron Staples in Wood
Firenze: Streetside Shrine at San Pancrazio
Firenze: Order Window at a Panino Shop
Firenze: Window Detail at Palazzo Lenzi
Firenze: Shutters and the Pitti Coat of Arms
Firenze: Love the Iron Transom
Firenze: Square Pyramid Iron Through Bolts
Firenze: Massive Portal at Santo Spirito
Firenze: Massive Iron Gate at Palazzo Guicciardini

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