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Fewer than I thought, and mostly of the cathedral frontage with its wild excesses of Leccesian baroque (or possibly, phobia of blank spaces.
















Date: 2009-11-13 03:01 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
*love*

--Sherwood

Date: 2009-11-13 05:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pameladean
Oh, I like these.

I know it's different stone and a different style, but in its impulse to squeeze in just one more excrescence or carving, it reminds me of St. Pancras Station, which I fell madly in love with for its sheer excess when I lived in London in the fall of 1974.

P.

Date: 2009-11-14 12:47 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] tree_and_leaf
I can't say I like baroque churches, but the pictures are fascinating nonetheless!

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