Sunday 29 November 2009

A Little Night Music


Franziskanerplatz
Leaving the Franciscan Church

Kleines Café
and Sign Shop

The Cloister of
the Franciscan Order



The Portal
of the Franciscan Church,
with Saint Hieronymus

Franziskanerplatz
Approaching from Singerstrasse

This beautiful small square was created
at the beginning of the 17th century
through demolition of a building
in order to alleviate parking problems:
Worshippers of the Franciscan Church had complained
about a scarcity of parking spaces for their carriages.
We now find ourselves standing at a square
that is surrounded by buildings
that date back quite a few more years
than the square itself!

Images
© by Merisi

Clicking on the title
will take you to
my favorite music blog,
Gavin Plumley's
"Entartete Musik"
.
Enjoy!

*

The music selections
that open when you click
on the images
are for your enjoyment,
and do not reflect
my limited knowledge taste of music.


Or do they?

Who am I to know!


16 comments:

  1. What a beautiful and ingenious post!

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  2. Wonderful doorways! Always among my favorite images!

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  3. I love the sequence of the top two images: I felt like I actually walked through that door.

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  4. I agree with the above comments. Lovely! And the music is perfection. Wonderful images.

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  5. Loved all the photos but that first one was a winner. Marvellous.

    Greetings from London.

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  6. More Viennese beauty and charm has reached us via our favorite messenger. Thank you yet again, Merisi. Culture, history, wit and wisdom served with style is what we lucky readers find here again and again.

    xo

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  7. Andre Veloux30 November, 2009

    Great stuff, I'm a big fan of windows (not the computer kind)! A blue tinge, is that the real evening light, or are you using a filter to get that nice effect?

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  8. Yes, the going thru the door shot is just fantastic and I was leaning into the computer!

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  9. Andre Veloux:
    I don't own and don't use any filter.
    In my mind, Franziskanerplatz is a symphony of grey and blue shades, and that particular day the contrast between sun and shade was really stark, stronger than usual, the time of year and the angle of the sun.

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  10. Saint Hieronymus looks like a very happy man in antique garb who happens to be standing on the roof!
    Well-placed, indeed!

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  11. Margaret,
    Saint Hyronymus has a perfect perch to watch the goings on in the square, especially during the warmer months. ;-)

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  12. Stunning, as always. I love the door and window shots....

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  13. I can not get my mind around the architecture.
    xo
    erin

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  14. What a gorgeous post... thank you. You are my window into my favourite city!

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  15. Oh a shop facade in Vienna!
    I love it :)

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