yes, we’re still in Gubbio, and also still on that same tour through the city as in the previous pictures.
this is the Palazzo dei Consoli which houses the Eugubine Tables, a set of seven bronze tablets from the 2nd or 1st century BC. really, really old stuff — more than four times older than the first European footprint on American soil, actually. the building itself was erected in the 14th century. the piazza and the palazzo are pretty high up on Mount Ingino, and offer a very scenic view over most of the town, just behind the parapet on the left (maybe I’ll post a panorama shot sometime).
the sun was just starting to set behind the palazzo, bathing the piazza in front of it in a really moody light. unfortunately, the group had decided to pay the supermarket a visit before coming here (also see this story about supermercati and us), and consequently we were too late — the museum was closed. we never came back (at least not at an earlier time in the day), and so I never did see these famousest(!) of tables. but at least I have this shot of the palazzo’s outside.
I could have moved back a couple of meters and used a longer focal length — there was room aplenty — but where would be the fun in that, right? I dig these crazy perspective distortions…
last posts in General:
- R.I.P.
- flickr: Atomium (vertorama)
- ECOC 2008 conference venue">flickr: ECOC 2008 conference venue
- flickr: burned scrap of newspaper
- flickr: Santa Maria del Fiore — the Florence Cathedral (vertorama)
- JSOVIT(MB) — trattoria bench">flickr: JSOVIT(MB) — trattoria bench
- flickr: 21st century version of votive candles
- flickr: La Chiesa di San Domenico
- JSOVIT(MB) — stone bench in Gubbio">flickr: JSOVIT(MB) — stone bench in Gubbio
- flickr: La Chiesa di San Francesco a Gubbio
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