Friday, May 8, 2009

The south wing

Oeiras Palace seen from Jardim Municipal, the downtown park.

19 comments:

brattcat said...

Beautiful. Is that tile surrounding those balcony windows or is the decoration painted?

Unknown said...

Yes, Brattcat, it's tile.

Olivier said...

ville rose (comme Toulouse)

cieldequimper said...

A slightly unusually menacing sky but wow, those tiles !

joo said...

Nice palace and those tiles, they are beautiful. It's seems that they are everywhere in your country (and all really pretty!)

penny said...

Oeiras has a lot of wonderful old buildings. I enjoy the architecture.

Cezar and Léia said...

Bom dia JM!
Another beautiful palace!
Fabulous shot!
Have a nice weekend
Léia

Hilda said...

The tile work in your buildings is really just stunning!

I have a friend going to Portugal this September and I'm sure she's going to have a fantastic time.

Thanks for your concern about the typhoon, JM. We will be safe — Metro Manila rarely gets hit very hard. With more than 20 typhoons every year (that was already our 5th for the year and typhoon season's just begun), Filipinos have learned to be resilient. Still not easy for many poor communities in other provinces that get devastated though, but aid always comes — mostly from fellow Filipinos, I'm proud to say. Again, thank you.

Lois said...

I agree, the tile work is nice! I like the roof color too.

Judy said...

Fantastic, and that sky!!

Tiago Ralha said...

Revisitar os locais sentado numa cadeira é um incentivo a sair de casa :)

Anonymous said...

A total different side of Oeiras from the one you've showed us on the past days. Maybe it's the sky that gives it a different look.

crocrodyl said...

Beautiful building! Really representative and elegant!

Ken Mac said...

lovely colors

Julie said...

Nicely balanced photograph, JM. The building is very restrained and elegant.

That is the chicken said...

What a gorgeous buiilding...although it looks like you have cloudy skies.

Lowell said...

Another of your wonderfully composed photos, JM. Grand building. How long have you lived there?

nobu said...

Wonderful building with beautiful back ground.

gogouci said...

I think this is the first time I've seen a cloud in your skies.