Oh, a dream shot. Excellent and so are the others. Great tour.
Oct. 26, 2024
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Sleeping Beauty's Castle
On Open House weekend I visited 2 buildings, first was presented in previous week's post, now I'll present Sleeping Beauty's Castle. This name was given during soviet time, when it was used by various soviet military authorities and it was hidden behind tall fence, covered with vines and making it invisible to general public.
Building is constructed in the end of 19th century by English merchant Thomas Greenfield. It's interesting building, located in both sides of medieval city wall, so to create access from one side to another they had to make passes through city wall. Here is part which is within old city walls, the red building and city wall up to tower partly visible on right side all belong to it:
Part outside of old city is what gives it a name of castle. Here entrance and part of it can be seen.
Here is rest of it as can be seen from street:
Currently school and various children art hobby classes are located In this building. Here is dining room, in red jacket is our guide.
Restorated ceiling, part of it is left in original condition:
Concert room:
Some rooms are restored and look ok, but thanks to soviet army heritage the building was in bad shape and there is lot of work to be done to restore it fully. Here is passage, which still has this soviet feeling.
Palm room:
Some works of students:
Teachers room:
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Like a character from Fellini movie. Brilliant.
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Those are palamut but I guess it’s a larger kind of mackerel. I really enjoy its lakerda.
Turkish coffee is my favourite. Freshly ground and made, it tastes better than any coffee I tasted.
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Yes, that clay colour is very captivating.
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Great history lesson. Even Mr. Bean was popular...
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Nice autumnal tones and I like the sharp foreground against the blurred background.
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Not as attractive as last week's building and quite austere inside. Interesting to see though.
