24.4.10

Just another corner?

A corner of a building in the Old town was made as a sculpture, to honor Matija Gubec:

Posted by Mirela at 10:10 PM
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  1. AnonymousApril 24, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    The whole picture reminds me of a skull. The projection of the building is like eyebrows. The scalloped part is the nose. The tongue is hanging out with the head of a person on it and the chin had a beard.

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  2. Kelly KApril 25, 2010 at 12:30 AM

    So interesting. Our "old town" is too new to have anything like this.

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  3. HildaApril 25, 2010 at 2:47 AM

    European facade sculptures are so fascinating to me. This one looks like an addition though, or changed from something else or recently repaired.

    Thanks for the link, Mirela – for curious Georges like me. ;)

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  4. Leif HagenApril 25, 2010 at 5:22 AM

    Great building detail - it's sort of funny to see him sticking out of the corner like that!

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  5. LowellApril 25, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    So very interesting. Except it seems rather painful, hanging by his hair like that!

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  6. dianasfaria.comApril 26, 2010 at 2:41 AM

    the stone and sculpture looks so well kept. Do you have any idea how old this building is?

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  7. MirelaApril 26, 2010 at 5:52 PM

    @Jacob&Leif - :-)
    @Lily - The building's (the Parliament) facade has been renovated in the past decade. It was bought for the Parliament in 1737 and then built/renovated several times since then.
    @Hilda - I tried to find info on when the sculpture was added (that's my assumption, I don't think it was in the original building blueprints from 18th ct)...
    @Abe - I still can't see what you see, but it amazes me how a photo/sculpture can convey completely different POV or image in our minds
    @Kelly - this one is old enough, however I don't believe the sculpture is older than a century or two...

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