Ecolanum Collection

the goal of our excursions from Rome

La Majella in primavera...

(Foto di da instagram.com)

Upper Austria, taken with a mobile phone, no filter, taken by our daughter
2021-01-09

en sida från en dragspelvikt bok som kan öppnas vid godtyckliga tider
- slottet Nääs - filmen "Vår tid är nu" - Sophie Elkan - Selma Lagerlöf - allt kan koppplas tillsammans, och "vikas" igen så att de kommer nära varandra. Historen har många trådar.
Idag på dagen, 26 Dec 1879 dog Sophie Elkans man och efter 2 dagar det enda barnet, En sorg som hon delade med Selma Lagerlöf som livet berövade många glädjen.

Gardens and their owners now and before
The Queen visiting the Royal Garden on Sri Lanka 40 years ago
we hope Ecolanum garden will be managed by our children after us
Sri Lanka, what a lovely country, lovely people
(one of the places I considered to settle in)

The photo and corona times are purely coincidental created by the Swedish Television (I wonder about the purpose, as a warning to follow recommendations?) The movie will be sent on 1 Jan 2021 - in memoriam...?
History of the cinematography, "The Phantom Carriage" "Körkarlen", director Vcitor Sjöström, Based on the Selma Lagerlöf's book, one of the most influential movies in the history of cinematography. It influenced Ingmar Bergman and the special double exposure techniques were ahead of time.

our Love/Hate Rome, so lovely

Quanto sei bella Roma quanno piove

(corona nostalgi, livet var annorlunda tidigare) att vandra i Seoul/Korea på nätterna, att stanna vid olika matstånd, (enklaste ställen) pröva olika rätter, doppa mat i en gemensam skål, hur många har doppat maten i samma skål under kvällen, i början var jag lite orolig, men man vänjer sig, ingen oro för att bli rånad eller liknande, ingen lurar en, ofta struntar man att ta betalning för små saker, låter pröva saker gratis, totalt avslappnad, alla skrattar om man vrider på munnen av något ovanlig smak, ett behagligt samhälle utan att prata kommunicerar man med gester och kroppspråk

what a nice place
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🏰 Caratterizzato da un'architettura rinascimentale, il Castello di Roncade si trova nel cuore di Roncade, un piccolo paese della campagna veneta tra Treviso e Venezia. La residenza sorge sulle rovine di un castello del X secolo donato ai conti Collalto dall'imperatore Ottone II ed è stata progettata dal celebre architetto veneziano Tullio Lombardo.
Grazie !

Characterized by renaissance architecture, the Castello di Roncade is located in the heart of Roncade, a small town in the Veneto countryside between Treviso and Venice. The residence sits on the ruins of a tenth century castle given to the Collalto Counts by Emperor Otto II and was designed by the renowned Venetian architect Tullio Lombardo.
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Franziska von Wertheimstein's villa
never seen the main, elegant entry to a house from north on, the side of the garden, without possibility to come with the horse carriage.

The front entry of the villa of Franziska von Wertheimstein's villa, not a very elegant, typical bourgeoise "clean" architecture.
The discreet but pompous entry from the backside, discreetly reachable by a short walk from the street is on the photo below.
typical case of
"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (French: Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a 1972 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel"