Last November, in Valencia, the building which first grabbed my attention was this one, and day and night, I always paused to enjoy its energetic entrance and attention-seeking windows.
This ebullient building now houses the National Ceramic Collection. Once it was the family seat of the Rabassa de Perellós – title-holders of the marquisate of Dos Aguas. Dos aguas: two waters – the nearby rivers Júcar and Turia which flow plentifully, twisting and turning, from the statue of the Virgin Mary which tops off the doorway. I’ve forgotten the rest of the story, and Google can’t help. Just enjoy this wonderfully rococo statuary, twisting round this exuberant doorway.
A contribution to this week’s WordPress photo challenge: Twisted.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Your clever photographs well illustrate this week’s challenge.
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Thank you!
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It’s beautiful. 🙂 🙂
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It is pretty lovely – lots to take in.
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You have illustrated this theme beautifully, Margaret!
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I think the sculptor did that!
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😀
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I especially liked the composition of first photo – The architectural is beautiful, and I couldn’t help noticing the orange tree in the foreground.
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Oh yes! Orange trees are a feature of the streets in Valencia. Seville oranges, marmalade for the use of.
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What stunning architecture and thank you for reminding me of it. We had visited a few years ago, and no I don’t remember the story either.
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Ah well, you’ll have to visit again then, won’t you? Any excuse!
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So many doors, so few artisans. The level of detail just blows me away. Cheers.
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It is astonishing isn’t it? More than a week’s work I think.
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It is the kind of sculpture you expect will suddenly squirm into life before your very eyes. Nicely captured too for our appreciation.
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Thank you. Yes, it’s an exhausting building to take in …. in a good way.
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That is an expensive door. Imagine the cost of building today.
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I’d rather not 🙂
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Those oranges!!!! I’m thirsty all of a sudden…. and of course, these old stones, the stories they tell, it’s all so fascinating and rivetting
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Kiki, you shouldn’t be thirsty. They’re Seville oranges, and toe-curlingly bitter until made into marmalade!
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You’re right of course. I forgot – so OK I’m no longer thirsty…. lol
Actually, I did cut up an orange (I buy big bags of 2 or 3 kg of ‘oranges for juice) and make 6-10 slices of one then eat them out of their skin, very, very messy and sooooo goooooood
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Yum!
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