Articles from colavitos ghost

Palacio Nacional Da Pena

author: colavitos ghost : Sintra, Portugal
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

A Streetcar (-filled City) Named Lisboa

author: colavitos ghost : Lisbon, Portugal
Monday, April 14th, 2008

Church or Garage?

author: colavitos ghost : Sardinia, Italy
Monday, April 14th, 2008

Catalán Gothic

author: colavitos ghost : Sardinia, Italy
Monday, April 14th, 2008

Cubicles of Desire

author: colavitos ghost : Sardinia, Italy
Friday, April 11th, 2008

Winter Drags On...

author: colavitos ghost : Cleveland, OH
Monday, March 10th, 2008

Palacio Nacional Da Pena

author: colavitos ghost : Sintra, Portugal

Forty-five minutes west of Lisbon lies Sintra; a UNESCO world heritage site for it's concentration of absurdly whimsical 19th century romantic architecture. The Palacio da Pena, completed in 1854, is Sintra's (and one of the world's) most flamboyant Romantic works. This photo was taken from the italic textmiradouroitalic text from which the queen would contemplate the palace each evening. Truly the stuff of fairy-tales! Wiki: web link

A Streetcar (-filled City) Named Lisboa

author: colavitos ghost : Lisbon, Portugal

One of Lisbon's most enchanting aspects (and it has many!) are its lovely streetcars, which have been rattling through it's windy hills since the 19th century. The originals--imported from the US, and called, appropriately, "americanos"--are now protected in Lisbon's Public Transport Museum; however, those still in use retain a very distinctive old-world charm. Here are a few pictures of these wonderful machines: One of the "elevators" at rest. These types of trams (there are 2 or 3, I think) spend the whole day moving in a straight line: Up. Down. Repeat. Another "elevator", at the height of it's...