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Monday Window: Derelict house, Cahors
Posted on November 4, 2019
This derelict building in the medieval centre of the town of Cahors, in southern France, still has stained glass in its upper part, which gives some indication of how grand it must once have been. #MondayWindow.
Not drinking water
Posted on October 4, 2019
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week could be said to require some lateral thinking, as she is setting the theme of ‘side of things’.
In the medieval centre of the town of Cahors there is a hexagonal water fountain, with each of the six sides featuring a carving of a different dog’s head. This image shows two of them.
Three windows
Posted on June 26, 2019
While in the great cathedral of Cahors, my eye was drawn to these three stained glass windows and their juxtaposition with the curve of the dome
Bridge of shadows
Posted on April 24, 2019
Bright sunshine in Cahors casts the shadow of the Pont Valentre onto the weir beneath it.
Thursday Doors: Cahors – The End
Posted on September 27, 2018
And finally my store of doors in the town of Cahors is exhausted.
Another characteristically carved door (with a rather incongruous entryphone):
A typical church door:
A more modern – and more dilapidated – example, formerly a grocery to judge by the faded sign:
Echoing one of last week’s offerings, another door in a repurposed doorway:
The last place we visited in Cahors was the cemetery. It is common for old French cemeteries to feature elaborate family mausolea and here are two prime examples:
Thursday Doors 27 September 2018
Thursday Doors: Cahors (almost done)
Posted on September 20, 2018
Remember Cahors? Well there are still a couple of week’s worth of doors to see. The previous Cahors post (way back at the end of May, would you believe?) featured ornately carved doors, so for the sake of continuity, here’s another one:
In similar, if plainer vein:
And a few steps to add a little interest:
Here’s a rectangular door that’s been jemmied into an old arched frame:
Nothing so fancy in this example:
And finally, this is quite possibly one of the best doors in Cahors – and that’s really saying something:
Thursday Doors 20 September 2018
This way to the dumpster
Posted on July 20, 2018
This hand-made – and most definitely unofficial – signpost in the city of Cahors, in southern France, points the way to a number of exotic locations. And Brussels.
However, the most practical pointer is probably the one which shows the way to the nearest benne à ordures: the garbage dumpster.
Thursday Doors: Encore Cahors (5)
Posted on May 31, 2018
And still they come….
Yet more from Cahors. When I first posted some doors from this medieval town, I commented on the carving that many of them displayed. Like these:
You can’t go wrong with a door-within-a-door…
Or just go full tatty:
There are still a few more doors to come from Cahors, but for the next few weeks we’ll be rather closer to home, at a new Thursday Doors destination.
Thursday Doors 31 May 2018
Thursday Doors: Encore Cahors (4)
Posted on May 24, 2018
The waiting is over….here’s another selection of the doors of Cahors, beginning with two gloriously tatty sets of double doors:
And another, in rather better condition (includes free reflection of author: you’re welcome).
And some single doors, in various stages of neglect:
More next week, then we’ll break off for a new destination.
Thursday Doors 24 May 2018
Thursday Doors: Encore Cahors (3)
Posted on April 26, 2018
The gift that keeps on giving…
Another selection of the myriad doors of the town of Cahors. I ended last week with the observation that the predominant colour of the doors was – not really surprisingly – brown. Like these:
Bored yet? How about a bit of white relief, as it were:
Or even some anarchic blue:
And finally something quite different. This shop-front – a former boulangerie – is quite readable:
There are still a fair few doors to come from Cahors (and I’m saving some of the best ’til last), but for the next couple of weeks we’ll be in the city of Poitiers.
Thursday Doors 26 April 2018
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