Saturday, February 7, 2009

The fog and the castle

This is the Castello del Valentino (Valentino's Castle) in a cold, foggy morning. Its original roof recall French architecture of XVI century thanks to Madama Cristina di Francia (wife of Vittorio Amedeo I) and Queen herself from 1637 to 1663. She loved this castle and changed its court and façade to the city --- Have a nice weekend !!!


Questo è il Castello del Valentino in una fredda e nebbiosa mattinata. Il suo tetto originale richiama l'architettura francese del XVI secolo grazie a Madama Cristina di Francia (moglie di Vittorio Amedeo I) e Regina essa stessa dal 1637 al 1663. Ella amò questo castello e ne fece cambiare cortile e facciata verso la città --- Buon fine settimana a tutti !!!
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10 comments:

Virginia said...

I'm first ( primo???) to say how lovely this is. The fog makes it so very special. when enlarged i saw the nice boats as well. Fabrizio, well done. A nice weekend to you as well.
V

abc said...

Nice one with the hazy atmosphere and the rowers. You have a nice weekend too. I'm off to take some pictures soon.

Anonymous said...

Acastle for the St Valentino Day

Anonymous said...

Nice photograph. I like the effect of the fog. We will soon be getting some fog as our weather is slowly getting warmer.

Tanya Breese said...

A lovely, dreamy photo Fabrizio :)

lunarossa said...

Bellissimo, cosi' romantico! ma e' davvero dedicato a San Valentino? Ciao. A.

Kate said...

The Castello in the fog has a romantic or mysterious air about it! Lovely!

Fabrizio Zanelli said...

Anonymous said well but it's not the photo I have in mind thinking to Valetine's day.

I am happy you appreciated this photo I personally love.

mikeacoyle said...

Great photo and maybe my favourite monument in Turin. It's a pity you can only go inside on special days as it is used by the architecture department (University of Turin).

vero said...

Bella foto, la nebbia spesso rende tutto un po' più magico e misterioso...