There utilized to be 72 towers in San Gimignano, a Tuscan village higher over the Elsa valley. These towers ended up used as dwelling rooms, storage units, kitchens, and, last but not least, to impress neighbors and the planet at massive. But around time individuals towers, remnants of which can be located in quite a… Continue reading Twin Towers
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Gingerbread / Italianate Style / Graydon House / Streetsville, Ontario
From my set entitled “My Town…Streetsville www.flickr.com/pics/21861018@N00/sets/72157600421957589/ In my selection entitled www.flickr.com/images/21861018@N00/collections/7215760074… In my photostream www.flickr.com/images/21861018@N00/ Bargeboard Reproduced from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia www.google.com/url?sa=t&resource=world wide web&ct=res&cd=… Bargeboard (likely from Medieval Latin bargus, or barcus, a scaffold, and not from the now obsolete synonym vergeboard), the boards fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to… Continue reading Gingerbread / Italianate Style / Graydon House / Streetsville, Ontario