{"id":136,"date":"2016-01-27T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/?p=136"},"modified":"2018-11-26T22:08:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T22:08:59","slug":"the-beauty-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/2016\/01\/27\/the-beauty-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty Issue:"},"content":{"rendered":"

This town\u00a0I love.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Begun<\/a>
Begun in 1573, construction ended just where it now stands\u00a0in 1581.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The city hall reconstruction project was abandoned within eight\u00a0years and has never been revisited.<\/p>\n

\"Fontana2<\/a>
This is where the water was rerouted. Most people in the high town depended on cisterns for their water.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The suburban water source was channelled into town, maintained for about 80 years then fell\u00a0into disuse. Years later, it was repaired but flowed only as far as the fairgrounds.<\/p>\n

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\"Fontana3<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\"Fontana1<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Exposed2<\/a><\/p>\n

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Everywhere you look, plaster is crumbling, bricks are mismatched, stone is gouged\u00a0and left as is.<\/p>\n

\"Gashes2<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \"Gashes1<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gas meters, electric cable, antennas, pipes and vents are patched in without regard to sightliness.<\/p>\n

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\"Shutters<\/a><\/p>\n

Shutters sag, window panes are broken, cornices are gashed, wood is cracked and warped, paint is peeling.<\/p>\n

\"Finestra2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Orti4<\/a><\/p>\n

Walls bulge\u00a0into their adjoining streets.<\/p>\n

The streets themselves follow no rational pattern. Their grades are random, they will narrow and widen unpredictably. Some are so tightly packed that turning from one to the other is impossible. Others narrow so precipitously as to render themselves completely useless to automotive traffic.<\/p>\n

\"Tight<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Corner<\/a>\"Court<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mixed<\/a><\/p>\n

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Architectural styles are patched one on top of the other without regard for consistency or overall design.<\/p>\n

\"Facade<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cancelo3<\/a><\/p>\n

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Parking is\"Parking<\/a> regulated, but only to a degree. Cars are often stowed\u00a0in what seem like random spaces without order or a commonly agreed upon scheme.<\/p>\n

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Tiles go broken for lifetimes without being replaced.<\/p>\n

Gates are without doors, doors a\"\"<\/a>re without knobs, knobs are without functionality.<\/p>\n

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Dozens of towers have been reduced to awkwardly-terminated two or three story hovels.<\/p>\n

\"Buttressed<\/a>
Buttressed foundations usually meant a tower.The upper stories were removed by popes who wanted nothing of inter-family warfare..<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Charlie<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"Alle<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

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The understructure of the city is riddled with cavities.<\/p>\n

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\"Variety<\/a><\/p>\n

The surrounding rock is shored up with patched-in masonry. Holes and rusting grates are exposed.<\/p>\n

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\"Edificio<\/a>Large buildings have been completely abandoned. Smaller abandoned buildings are, for all\u00a0practical purposes, shells.<\/p>\n

\"Palazzo<\/a><\/p>\n

And yet, everyone who walks into the city of Orvieto instantly remarks at how beautiful it is. How does this happen?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Brick<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Near<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"RampartiV\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ll let you puzzle this one out. The photos are clickable. They may help.<\/p>\n

(Hint<\/em>: it may have something to do with demeanor or equilibrium.)<\/p>\n

\"Cava<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Near<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Mattone<\/a><\/p>\n

If you come up with something, please share. \u00a0I’ll be puzzling this one, quite contentedly, for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n

\"Mail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This town\u00a0I love. The city hall reconstruction project was abandoned within eight\u00a0years and has never been revisited. The suburban water source was channelled into town, maintained for about 80 years then fell\u00a0into disuse. Years later, it was repaired but flowed only as far as the fairgrounds.   \u00a0 \u00a0     Everywhere you look, plaster … Continue reading The Beauty Issue:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidzarko.us\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}