PPAC: Sant’Angelo 1

Today a new series begins from the town in Lazio called Sant’Angelo. Here are the first 15 minutes of our Tuesday visit when uncle, bestia and I went fairy-tale hopping.

For Tuesday I had planned three stops in places from my list that were new to me: first Montefiascone above Lake Bolsena (check, the view of the lake impressive but will be repeated due to a murky day, must return), next the ghost town Celleno (check doors from there here), and finally Sant’Angelo, a town with murals.

Since I never like to study more deeply the places that win my attention in any way and instead just go, this is all I’d known about Sant’Angelo: that it had some sort of murals. I’m pretty sure that it came suggested by Facebook and now certain bots are rejoicing that I hopped on their idea. What can I say, bots, you know me better than anybody. (And possibly all we ever wish is to be known in such detail.)

It is especially neat that Celleno, the ghost town, and Sant’Angelo are only some 15 minutes apart and if you are ever in the neighbourhood, do visit both, especially if you have kids.

Today we arrive, have a look around, discover some cherries, Pinocchio, a pigeon and some bottles, and soon it starts to dawn on us that there is more to be discovered and we will do it slowly in the following weeks.

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  Uncle said: “Look at that!” I said: “That’s why we are here.”

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  Then there was a big pigeon.

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  A promise of a cherry festival when it’s their season.

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  A barking bestia and something big. I couldn’t wait to turn the corner.

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  Still in the parking lot.

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  The little pictures were showing the way and yet we went left first.

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  I thought it might be an ad for a local producer.

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  A Slovenian in me saw the appeal.

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  Then we could see it in full. Pinocchio with The Blue Fairy on his nose!

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  Left proved to be a dead end, with another barking bestia and some promising scenes.

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  One more time, in full. I love it how the skies merge.

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  This is the way.

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  Sweets! Oh yes, please!

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  Reflected treats and a door.

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  All sorts of things came jumping off walls.

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  Willy Wonka, I imagine.

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  More cherries.

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  A promise of circles in tomorrow’s post and Alice coming up next week.

For Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC) hosted by Cee at Cee’s Photo Challenges

This day in my blogging history

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  2014: All my oases, or: How a little old post with zero likes in which I say so much just teared me up

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  2015: Translators are the shadow heroes of literature. —Paul Auster

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  2016: That’s the moss in the aforementioned verse… —Pearl Jam

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  2017: Windowing (compilation)

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  2019: My pick of places (compilation)