Thursday, December 16, 2010

Burnt House


Downtown Oeiras

23 comments:

brattcat said...

Oh, my. This suggestion of the fire that was is frightening to behold.

Olivier said...

encore une superbe mosaïque sur cette maison.

Cezar and Léia said...

Os azulejos portugueses são maravilhosos!
Lindos detalhes!
Léia

Kristen's Paintings said...

I guess the kissing ducks got out of hand...

Kristen's Paintings said...

oops- here's the link:

http://mendoncajose.blogspot.com/2010/12/hells-reflections.html

Lois said...

That's awful! At least those pretty tiles were spared.

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

The tile work came endured the fire will. I hope the people and their property were saved.

Sylvia K said...

Marvelous capture, but always hate to see the damage that fire does particularly to such beautiful, old homes/buildings! Enjoy the day and your weekend, JM!

Sylvia

Sharon said...

I'm hoping it has been restored inside. The tile work is beautiful.

Margaret said...

But the azulejos are still so beautiful...
Margaret

Small City Scenes said...

that's awful. such a pretty place---I hope it will be restored. MB

Photo Cache said...

what an interesting detail. i wonder what it's about.

Lowell said...

That's very sad! I hate fires! When I was in Navy boot camp, we had to learn fire fighting...(fires aboard ship are nasty) and I hated it...firefighters are my heroes.

Rob Siemann said...

Estos azulejos são maravilhosos! Blue on pink, just great.

Joan Elizabeth said...

I don't mind decaying houses but always find burnt out ones very sad.

VP said...

I'm glad the azulejo survived. Is it a recent fire?

Unknown said...

@VP: I think the fire took place this year. I have previously photographed the door and the building was OK then.

Virginia said...

As always, I love the color and the tiles and the ironwork and .........everything about your beautiful city JM. But most of all.....your new and fab profile photo. :)
V

Randy said...

What a shame and it's such a beautiful place.

my little secret for you said...

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Leovi said...

What a shame! This beautiful house urgently needs a restoration.

Stefan Jansson said...

Sad to see, but it's a fine photo.

T. Becque said...

So much to like, the tile work, of course, the pinkish facade, the architecture...too bad about the fire.