Red Doors in St George’s Castle. Castelo de São Jorge (Saint George’s Castle) is a Moorish castle occupying a commanding hilltop overlooking the historic centre of the Portuguese city of Lisbon and Tagus River. The strongly fortified citadel dates from medieval period of Portuguese history. –wiki. What Wikipedia doesn’t tell Read more…
Which way around Mdina? Let’s take the monochrome route! This week I’m opting for Black & White images for Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. I’m also still working on images from 16th century Mdina, Malta’s Silent City. The narrow streets and bright, albeit intermittent, midday sunshine were a challenging combination Read more…
For this week’s CB&W Challenge I’m back in the medieval walled city of Mdina. Whilst its history can be traced back 4,000 years, most of what you see today dates from the 16th century There is a surprise around every corner: sometimes a Cathedral, a Carmelite Priory, a Grand Palazzo, Read more…
Whether it’s the shiny doors of a Grand Palazzo in Mdina or the rusty metal entrance to a workshop in Valletta, a lick of red paint does the trick! For Norm’s Thursday Doors this week I have some more pictures from our recent trip to the Mediterranean island of Read more…
Mdina: The Silent City Mdina is one of Europe’s finest examples of an ancient walled city and extraordinary in its mix of medieval and baroque architecture. The history of Mdina traces back more than 4000 years. According to tradition it was here that in 60 A.D. that the Apostle St. Paul Read more…