One arch and one plaque
In general, I plan to write again soon about the architecture and atmosphere of this coastal town of Nessebar, this time from the perspective of a person who not only went there to take pictures, but then also processed and described those pictures, dug around on the Internet and looked for information, entered a little or very much into the history of the buildings, not that deep, but still enough, touched the details of the architecture to a greater extent than just photographing them.
For me personally, it's one of the things I love to do the most, and it's more or less the same or at least close to blogging, the blog I had years ago - about secret and little-known places. After all, secrets and mysteries can be found even in famous and much-visited places. One just has to look more, also, one has to carry a camera. Some things can be easily seen, but they need to be documented, archived.
Then, when you already have their image with you, you can reflect on them at home, look at them and wonder about them. Sometimes you won't find an answer, sometimes you'll just wonder about them. Sometimes you won't even want to find an answer. Personally, I want some secrets to remain undiscovered, so that there is something to admire, something to think about, so that there are more interesting things in this world. And there is a lot of them, I have written about it another time here.
So let's get started. I'm going to show you an extraordinary thing, something I haven't looked for answers to, but I'm sure I won't find online. It's just one detail, two details, but what details!
Imagine living in this building. Amazing, isn't it? A Byzantine arch greets the entrance and you almost wonder what it is, is it a museum, one of the many churches around or ruins that have so many of these same arches.
And it's not just that. There is a plaque on the side. There is a cross on it, it even looks like the Templar one, there are some letters and incomprehensible symbols. And a year. Only the year is clear, and that is 1864. Well, ok, it's not exactly ancient. But it is strange enough, curious and perhaps mystical. In any case, it is a kind of riddle, the answer to which only the residents of this building know for sure.
And there are residents. There's even an obituary on the door. Some bearer of ancient knowledge?
Imagine the burden of living in this building. The building that carries so much history in itself, and only one arch and one plaque have been preserved from it. The burden is even greater that way. I'm sure.
I know there are many countries where such historical artefacts are embedded in modern buildings, but embedding in such a plain, bordering on ugly building can only be seen for sure here. And yet this settlement, the old town of Nessebar, is not famous for its very ugly architecture. Or at least it is a small and inconspicuous part of all the other buildings. I'll show you next.
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Funny, how I recently had a similar line of thoughts, related to acquiring "second-hand" properties, how they "possess" the energy of the original owner/creator...
Nessebar is a beautiful old city that I would love to visit again! :)
Have a lovely evening!
Oh yes, of course they "possess" the energy of the original owner/creator as well as all their previous occupants. It's like second-hand clothes. As much of an environmentalist as I am, I can't imagine wearing such clothes, even though it is one of the conservation solutions. So with buildings one can't afford to always rebuild (though why not lol). The way my life is going, the most I can afford is a shipping container house with second-hand furniture, lol.
I'm not sure I want to visit this city again (there are other places I haven't visited yet and are waiting to be visited), but I still learned to appreciate it in terms of architecture, history, etc.
Thinking of it... I think buying a second-hand car is great for preserving the planet, so same for clothes, why not. Of course, proper washing applies. I haven't do it, though, ouch.
This entrance is quite intriguing. I don't know why but this arch reminds me of 221B.
I also love digging into the details of old architecture but do you think most events or architecture or things from the past aren't as mysterious as we think - they are ordinary without any depth or secret meanings. I know there's history and reasoning but not everything has to be dramatic.
Ha ha, that's right, but I want it to be dramatic.😄 I want to grab onto something that's interesting, because the world and life mostly, for the most part, isn't like that. Now this thought comes to me that this is precisely why people travel, because their lives are not interesting. At the same time, there are people who don't go anywhere and their life is enough as it is.
In terms of history, I don't really believe much of anything. There are people and whole teams in the country who spend their whole lives cleaning the dust in some hole and writing works - fairy tales about fictional peoples, traditions, customs, who did what and how hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of years ago. I don't believe in these fictions, but honestly, if the mystery of the past is lost to me too, then all will be lost.
Hmmm... I didn't think about it that way. You are actually right. I only wish to travel when I get bored or want to escape the daily grind. When daily life is exciting, I don't even think about going somewhere.
I like to learn about the old traditions and way of life. I like reading fiction too. It was just a thought that what we read or are fed in the name of history could be a lie only to make it exciting. Reminds me of Graham Hancock's documentaries on mysterious sites and events in the world. Have you watched Ancient Apocalypse?
No, I haven't seen it, but it's already on my list 😊 (for when I feel like watching movies again, which isn't that time right now).
Sounds like you are an 'Arch' friend not an 'Arch' enemy.
Ha ha, aside from that, I don't really like that Byzantine brickwork style very much, I never liked it, nor Roman architecture in general, but after seeing this city extensively I kind of learned to appreciate it.
You're in Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire. It's like the time I was in various parts of East Coast cities an there were houses dated with plaques back to 1490's. It was a wake call and how very comfortable they looked. I wondered how many times they had been replumbed, rewired. How many times painted and all were two stories tall at least.
The front of a house could be deceiving when one considered the approximate square footage as houses could go back a long ways in that era. There were houses from the 15, 16, and 1700's along the street.
History, a neighborhood that grew over hundreds of years and they lived on a highway.