This is the main entrance to the 17th-century Palazzo Gio Carlo Brignole which sits in the Piazza della Meridiana in Genoa where telamons do a lot of the heavy lifting. The scene flaunts some of the beauty and elegance that can be found in the grittiness in one of Europe’s most fascinating cities.
This palazzo is part of the collection of aristocratic palaces known as the Palazzi die Rolli, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, whose website describes the palazzi as representing “one of the most innovative urban planning and hospitality systems in European history”. I’ll have to make a point of going through the doorway next time.
For Dan’s Thursday Doors.
Genoa, 01 November 2024
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Superb image of a grand door, Bob. I love the sense of scale with the person seated by the door. Great composition!
Thanks Suzette. A few seconds earlier, the man was looking up at the telemon above him. I’m very sorry that I missed that moment.