Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Here's Where We Were...

This piazza, called Plaz in the local language, is outside the apartment we stayed in. Mineral water flows from the fountain, one of 10 or so in the village.

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The steeple of the church in the background dates from the Middle Ages.

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A street and houses in our neighborhood.

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This facade below features a sundial and sgrafito, etchings in which shapes are formed by scraping away light-colored cement or stucco to reveal darker stucco.

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The sgrafito below indicates that the house was renovated in 1966.

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And this exterior wall illustration probably indicates that at some point the resident was a bookbinder.

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