Yesterday I took 350 photo. I bet almost 200 of them were of doors, because my uncle kept yelling DOOORS at noticing any candidate. It was Thursday after all.
The trip was to the Croatian Istria peninsula, just across the border with Slovenia. The route was Grožnjan (Italian: Grisignana), Završje (Italian: Piemonte), Oprtalj (it. Portole) and Motovun (it. Montona) with an international film festival. To say that it reminded me of home, sounds a bit cocky, but I am a Tuscan now after all.
The rest of the towns will get their share of fame in the future, but today’s doors are all from Završje which is called Piemonte in Italian (just like Slovenian coast, this Croatian territory is bilingual as well). Unlike other towns it is practically abandoned.
First there is the church.
From it leads the old Romanesque road. And the doors that line it are in their last breaths.
As you reach the top, the doors must stop calling themselves that.
But there are also more familiar scenes: another church, a rare inhabited house with beautiful entrance, and your tired but happy traveller.
Photo: MM & BM (last)
For Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors challenge.