Garitta II by emmecielle

Photography • Military • posted on Jul 29, 2008

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Do you remember the Garitta, the military construction erected in the sixteenth century to defend the town from Turkish incursions ships? A first photo I inserted some time ago. It had been taken against the light morning ... like atmosphere was more evocative ... but in this one, taken in the afternoon sunlight, you can see better its structure and the path that leads to it with the remains of ancient walls!

Comments (55)

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flora-crassella

11:46AM | Tue, 29 July 2008

...ein wunderschöne und interessante Aufnahme!

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LBJ2

11:51AM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Wonderful photo, Maria. Yes i remember.. near your son's summer residence or something like that. Much better to see it in clear weather. It is fantastic architecture. Much of the most amazing architecture in the world is from the 16.th century. In these times they wanted it to look beautiful at all cost. And it is great that it still stands after 400 years. Wonder if the houses constructed in our time survives for 400 years :) I guess not. Most are bad architecture anyway haha...+5

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emmecielle

11:59AM | Tue, 29 July 2008

The new houses are not just bad architecture ... but they also ruin the landscape! Thanks, Lars!!! :)

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artaddict2

12:06PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Oh yes I have to agree with you and LBJ2 and this IS great architecture and great POV also. Thanks for this upload and information, nice shot!

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rainbows

12:15PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

A wonderful shot, Maria. Excellent work, so beautiful. Diane.

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moochagoo

12:25PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Great composition and curbs !

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MaraP

12:27PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Wonderful!! Excellent POV my friend!!

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carlx

12:41PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Excellent POV for this wonderful image!!!

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Tanglimara

12:45PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Excellent capure and atmosphere. It's great how the path leads us to the Garitta. Very well composed indeed. Tony :-)

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BessieB

12:52PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Excellent capture and POV, superb

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dbrv6

1:33PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

extremly nice capture of the ole castle. Looks to be the remains of a postern gate along the path.

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Janiss

1:40PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Very beautifull place Maria... a superb shot my friend!

3dgb

2:10PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Love the use of the different terrain.

bebert

2:15PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

excellent shot !! i think , rocks are lava ?

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NekhbetSun

2:17PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Oh yes, the old style houses are so much better....but what town ? you didn't say...lovely shot Maria

Liam.

2:18PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

great POV

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ShadowsNTime

2:48PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Isn't it amazing how its lasted? Yes I remember, the atmosphere was great, its nice to see it this way too! Great capture!

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busi2ness

2:58PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

The path is cleverly leading one to the building. Great colors of the sea.

MrsLubner

3:08PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

It must have been battered brutally in bad weather by the sea. And still it has managed to not wash out completely. A fabulous shot! The eye travels along the water's edge and right out on the spit of land.

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emmecielle

3:09PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Yes, Robert ... the rocks are lava! The entire coastal strip running from Catania to Acireale is made up of Etna lava! :)

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emmecielle

3:12PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Mina, the town is Acireale (near Catania), which has in Santa Tecla and other coastal towns, its outlet to the sea! :)

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