Hello, friends. We continue the theme of mysterious technical devices that have sunk into oblivion quite recently.
Today the subject of conversation will be Spain. This country is quite well-known, and for a long time. For several centuries, it was a huge empire that had possessions in all parts of the world, but then fell into decay and significantly ousted from its possessions by the Anglo-Saxons. Despite this, Hispanic culture has survived in many countries on different continents. But we will get to the former colonies somehow separately, but for now we will consider what was there earlier in the metropolis.
Actually, nothing new, there were such roofs on buildings all over the world. Surprisingly, it still exists in this form.
And here it is even more interesting. The pavilion is somewhat reminiscent of the Kievsky railway station. The photo is clickable, if you zoom in, you can see that the spiers on the grilles are smeared with a retoucher. Why would you? How is it now?
It can be stated that the spiers have been changed. Apparently, the war and the cultural revolution were here to a lesser extent than in Eastern Europe, otherwise the building would have been different. But is everything so good in this country? Let's go further.
Promotional video:
Quite pompous building, which now houses the Imperial Hotel. In Google Map, the building is covered with an awning, apparently at the time of the photo it was being renovated. But there are other modern photos:
Probably, you don't need to peer for a long time to understand that the dome is either completely different, or only the frame remains from the old one. Apparently, there was some secret in him that had to be eliminated. Or maybe there are other similar objects? Let's get a look.
This is Barcelona, photo of a column by Christopher Columbus from the early 20th century. What does she look like now?
Compare the circled knot with the original. It is also different, although skillfully made to resemble the old one. The trend, however.
This is the place from where Columbus set off on his famous journey. What is there now?
A completely different monument, and there is probably no point in going over them further. Obviously, over the past hundred years, all architectural monuments that had technical secrets in them have been repaired in the right direction. And in Spain there are many such monuments.
If you look closely, lighting bulbs are fixed on the balcony near the dome. A very courageous decision, if near the building even the electric poles are not visible at all. If you want, you can google what's there now.
No less bold decision - the bells under the lattice dome are placed one above the other. I wonder how they called? Maybe they were really set in motion by some force not related to the physical work of a person?
Again the bell is installed on the building so that a person cannot get close to it. And next to it there is an incomprehensible device resembling an antenna.
In the harbor building, we again see a small domed structure, for some unknown reason, surrounded by a fence in a circle. And domes in the form of vases were again installed on the building. Still, I wonder how it is now. It was not without difficulty that this place was found.
It seems that a lot has changed. And the closest building itself looks like this (the same corner that is closest to the railway):
Instead of vases, there are some kind of dummies, which in general was supposed to be. And the building itself has been greatly rebuilt. There is nothing to be done, globalization. But why did that small domed pavilion have to be surrounded by a fence? What secret did he keep? And there are a lot of similarities of such pavilions.
It is very interesting what kind of light bulbs stand next to them, in places on ordinary wooden beams. Probably with a secret.
And here there are a lot of such bulbs, but the retoucher very clumsily drew a flag at the top and wrote "gas factory". Something is not clean here-).
And here is a view of such a pavilion from the inside. If this is not an art decor, then there is again some kind of mystery carried away by globalization. The semblance of antique columns made of metal is very clearly visible, on them a thick conductor, on which, in turn, some metal containers, stylized as an industry, are symmetrically placed. Trash is poured on top, maybe for beauty, but the machines are placed below most likely for a reason (although personally I assume that this is just the art of trading).
Until next time.