Piemonte, continued
Late in the day, after the workmen had gone home for the day, we explored a
monastery that was being restored. The sun was near the horizon, the light
was golden. We could see the peaks of the Swiss Alps to the north, and the
vineyards below were a blanket of autumn reds, oranges and golds.
A huge tower soars above us at the monastery
Everywhere we went in Italy, we saw iron shafts mounted at an angle to the
exterior of buildings, sort of like decorative windshield wipers. Above the
archway on the left of this picture, you can see one.
A closeup of one of the iron bars, with the brickwork crumbling away.
It's evident that the bar is not merely decoration; it's afixed to a
horizontal, rebar-like rod that serves to reinforce the structure.
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