Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis - That's a remarkable piece of ancient architecture. I've never seen anything quite like it. Makes me appreciate those who preceded us here all the more. Dick >On 13/07/2006, at 15:24, Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >>Luis - Interesting photo. > > > >>What are we looking at? Thanks. > >it's a litlle cliff, with many caves which were ornated and enlarged >to make passages, used as warehouses or even >houses; nobody knows exactly who made the >decoration, but it seems commonly accepted that >it was done while it was a monastery. > >Left hand of the picture there is a waterfall >and a little torrent that flows a few meters to >end into the river Taju?a that makes a nice >meander there. Over the cliff there are a few >houses, no more than 10 if my memory serves well. > >It's an ancient place, probably of roman origin >as many of the near villages. The first written >document comes from 1441 when the monks bought >it, then It was treated as farm place with a >little fortifed building, probably that seen on >the top of the cliff, or something previously >located there.. > > > >Saludos >----------------------------------------- >http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/ > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick