sábado, 13 de abril de 2019

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EDITOR: VANDERLAN NADER (notorious magazine) EMAIL: vnader31@gmail.com

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Haunting photos show Italian villas of the 18th and 19th centuries still standing as
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This decadent palace radiates glamour of a bygone era as it appears through the hazy morning dew of this overgrown garden in rural Italy
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The ceiling of this room is itself a work of work with detailed plaster work in the style of the artworks of the late 18th and early 19th century
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The magnificent blues of the sky painted across these walls still tell a magnificent story of grandeur as rubble lies across the floor
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Cherubs are seen flying through the heavens as mothers watch over their children in this stunning painting across the walls of the interior
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The painted ceiling of this room appears to have been inspired by the rollings of a tempest with cracked plaster strewn across the floor
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A painting inspired by the distant Italian colonies of the era is seen on the walls of this mansion, including a painted facade of skirting boards and beams
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A colossal domed ceiling is supported by a circle of neo-classical columns in this decapitated villa
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The opulent design of the 18th and 19th-century villas is evident in the high walls and broad floors
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A gorgeous bowed staircase with an ornate lantern at its bottom winds high to the top floor of this Italian mansion
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A snow covered mansion decays in the countryside, there are believed to be more than 300 ghost villages - 'paesi fantasma' - in Italy
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This long hallway was perhaps a drawing room of some kind and a billiards table can be seen at the far end beside the fire place
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This mansion has a broad gallery at its top looking down onto the floor below, perhaps used as a ballroom by its owners of old
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An ancient chair has fallen to pieces beside the entrance to this old chapel where a figure of the Virgin Mary looks to have been sculpted in plaster on the far wall through the doorway
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A magnificent reception area with huge front doors adorned with decorations and two side entrances with eagle figures topping the doorframes
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The wrought iron bars of this staircase extend from the bottom up to the top as natural light beams down through the centre of the staircase
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This stunning mansion has high rampart walls like a castle and Romanesque window arches, the glass long since blown out of the window frames
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Golden frames are painted into the frescoes of this ginormous room, with hours of work having been put into filling in the details of the pictures above
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Vibrant colours glow from the walls of this ruined villa which has detritus all across its floor, flowing down to the bottom and covered in dust
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Ivy and tree roots have damaged the stone staircase of this outer part of one of the mansions
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The vibrant colours of this reception hall, with a colossal fire place, bleed across the walls as water damage has seeped through the paintwork
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The garden of this mansion is overgrown and spews through the broken windows - the photos were taken over the last decade since 2009
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This strange villa cuts a stark figure through the flatland of the Italian countryside, as its pathway has long since been covered by dirt and weeds
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A magnificent reception area with huge front doors adorned with decorations and two side entrances with eagle figures topping the doorframes
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The photographer Thomas Jorion offers us with his series 'Veduta' - meaning view in Italian - a dive into an Italy of another time
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A fresco with a siren at its centre is surrounded by demonic looking creatures, winged and with horn-like feathers growing from their heads
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Every detail was considered by the designers of these homes as this close-up of one wall shows a strange figure with birds feet and golden ornaments for arms
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Fotos: Thomas Jorion
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