Entrance to the city is now an exit only for cars but pedestrians can go in any direction.
Entrance to a home
July 12, 2013
Ventimiglia Alta Citta Medievale
After the beach I hiked up to the medieval section of Ventimiglia.
Looking back out toward the sea. Architectural details
Walking through medieval towns is like stepping back in time in a way I have never experienced before. There is energy and memories in these walls. If only they could speak.
A church turned into a museum. A side street. From inside the side street. A girl walked by bouncing a ball.
Repair-work on a building The street tiles
The next day I returned to the beach and again walked up to the ancient city but this time with two other guests from my hosts house, Lori and Ameran. We explored a little further. A very pretty place to live
A mailboxUtility cover
Bella.
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Loved this set of pics. Two stand out for me; the one about the law requiring paintings, with the vegetation growing on the roof above - somehow very complimentary.
ReplyDeleteThe other was the pic with your comment wishing the walls/streets could speak. I think they do and it's the language of connectedness to place, time, tradition and history - and goes directly to one's heart. Its vocabulary speaks of a rootedness/groundedness; of which we have little awareness of in our non-preservation rush for the new and consumption.
They were speaking and your heart heard them.
Thanks so much for sharing your trip. I've enjoyed immensely my vicarious visit with you to the "old world". Always a little sadness when a trip closes the circle to home.
Thank you, Rebekah. I cannot say it more eloquently than that. Yes. And also sad, yes.
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