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Quinta da Regaleira-Sintra ~ PortugalAn underground tunnel with...

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:14:55 -0300

Quinta da Regaleira-Sintra ~ Portugal

An underground tunnel with a spiral staircase, supported by carved columns, down to the bottom of the well through nine landings. The nine hole round landings, separated by fifteen steps, evoke references to Dante’s Divine Comedy, and may represent the nine circles of hell, paradise, or purgatory.

The well is connected to laberíticas caves that lead to a spooky garden surrounded by a lake.

The land that is now Quinta da Regaleira had many owners through time. But in 1892 it belonged to the Barons of Regaleira, a family of rich merchants from Porto, when it was purchased that year by Carvalho Monteiro for 25,000 réis. Monteiro wished to build a bewildering place where he could gather symbols that would reflect his interests and ideologies. With the assistance of the Italian architect Luigi Manini, he designed the 4-hectare estate with its enigmatic buildings, believed to hide symbols related to alchemy, Masonry, the Knights Templar, and the Rosicrucians. The architecture of the estate evokes Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Manueline architectural styles. The construction of the current estate commenced in 1904 and most of it was concluded by 1910.

art-and-fury: Salome - Henry Ossawa Tanner

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:24:54 -0300

art-and-fury:

Salome - Henry Ossawa Tanner

nativethoughts: El Flagellante.

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:43:03 -0300

nativethoughts:

El Flagellante.

bygoneamericana: Harlem, 1947. By Morris Engel

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:39:08 -0300

bygoneamericana:

Harlem, 1947.

By Morris Engel

darksilenceinsuburbia: Zek . Striped.

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:31:12 -0300

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Zek . Striped.

darksilenceinsuburbia: Luka Klikovac. Alter Actio 18.

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:51:20 -0300

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Luka Klikovac. Alter Actio 18.

aleyma: Imperial Orb, Sword and Scabbard of the Holy Roman...

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:39:01 -0300

aleyma:

Imperial Orb, Sword and Scabbard of the Holy Roman Empire. The orb was made in Germany c.1200, the scabbard in Italy in the 2nd half of the 11th century, and the sword in Germany c.1198-1218. The gold panels on the scabbard depict kings and emperors from Charlemagne to Henry III.

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Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:32:32 -0300

editorialarchive: W February 1996

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:47:52 -0300

editorialarchive:

W February 1996

room42: Most Happiest of Birthdays to you, Mr. Cohen! *this is...

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:47:20 -0300

room42:

Most Happiest of Birthdays to you, Mr. Cohen!

*this is my favorite Leonard Cohen song.

You who wish to conquer pain,
you must learn what makes me kind;
the crumbs of love that you offer me,
they’re the crumbs I’ve left behind.