Sunday, August 31, 2014

Military cemetery Nasswand


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The military cemetery Nasswand near Toblach / Dobbiaco.


Saturday, August 30, 2014

Reflections after the rain


Reflected signs in the Adige Valley.

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Friday, August 29, 2014

Art in the sky


An Art Installation in Lana - Adige Valley.

This post joins hundreds of other bloggers' skies at SkyWatch Friday.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

International Marble Workshop


Annual International Marble Workshop in Laas / Lasa - Vinschgau Valley.






Artist at work.


Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Chairs or Benches?






They look like two big chairs, but for human dimensions they are surely benches.


Aschbach - Vinschgau Valley.


Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Stoanerne Mandln

"Stoanerne Mandln" in Langtaufers (Valley).


One man took a stone and put it on another stone, he still took another stone and put it on the top, and so on... A second man saw this and did the same, then a third, a fourth and so on ... So an entire city arose....
Well, a city is not true because they are not towers and not skyscrapers.

They are STONE MEN, we call them "Stoanerne Mandln".

On the mountains were never built towers or high-rise buildings, but just stone men or stone figures.

South Tyrolean: "Stoanerne Mandln"
German: "Steinerne Männchen" or "Steinerne Männlein"
Italian: "Omini di pietra"














A famous place here in South Tyrol is the Salto plateau in the Val Sarentino.
There you can find more than 100 "Stoanerne Mandln", partially dated back to 1540.



Monday, August 25, 2014

Industrial murals 13











This series continues in 2 weeks. All pictures (78) were made in one afternoon of March 2014 in the industrial zone of Bolzano.

This post is linked to Monday Mural.


Sunday, August 24, 2014

Saturday, August 23, 2014

The house upside down


I really don't understand why the house is reflected upside-down. Do you?

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Friday, August 22, 2014

The flying witch


A flying witch on the roof of a house in Lana - Adige Valley

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Lake Reschen and its Tower

Do you remember my question from last Sunday?

Here the answer.
This old tower is the only visible remnant of the earlier village of Graun / Curon.
(If you like, you can read the whole story on wikipedia).




a souvenir photo...


Old tower and modern art...


Play the puzzle here.


Monday, August 18, 2014

Industrial murals 12










This series continues next Monday. All pictures (78) were made in one afternoon of March 2014 in the industrial zone of Bolzano.

This post is linked to Monday Mural.


Sunday, August 17, 2014

The old and the new tower


the old tower above
and
the new tower below



Why are in the small village of Graun / Curon an old and a new church tower?
You get the answer in two days...

Saturday, August 16, 2014

The building in the building


Südtirolerstrasse - Bozen / Via Alto Adige - Bolzano.

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Assumption of Mary

August 15 is one of the major festivities here in South Tyrol.

We celebrate this day as "Mariä Himmelfahrt" and also as "Ferragosto".
Last year I showed you the free time part, this year I present you the religious part...

Here we see the procession in the small village Unsere liebe Frau im Walde / Senale.































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