This was on Murano
Rusty old gate (and a bonus pissotta)
Not really a door or gate, but interesting, just the same
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Hello World 
Absolutely loved your doors, gates and knockers page. When we were in Russia/Eastern Europe last year, I took lots of similar photos. I find them quite evocative. I found your blog by ‘googling’ ‘what to do in Venice when you have been there before’ , even though it was 1972 when we were last there!
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Hi, Marie. Are you planning a triumphant return to Venice?
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One of my books says that the little window in your 5th photo dates back to the 9th or 10th century. The workmanship is so beautiful!
Happy Easter to you!
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Oh, Annie, that makes me love that little window even more. Thank you for adding to the educational climate of this post!
Did you have a nice Easter?
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Again, not the kind of knockers I was hoping for…especially after the recent, racy Canova-bottoms talk. Perhaps you can, um, touch on this topic in a forthcoming edition?
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Hey, the FS pops up again! You know I’m a touchy-feely person, so I’ll do my very best to acquiesce. I’m about to pop that loaf of bread in the oven. Come on over for dinner!
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And the score is: Hercules-2, Lions-0. They’re looking up at him with ‘stunned’ admiration, Bert.
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A big muscly guy with a club is usually Hercules. He had a couple of run-ins with lions.
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Oh,it’s a club!
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Sheesh, Andrew, you may have to stay after class, yet again! 🙂
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I could bring down the tone by saying how much I love a pair of knockers, but I won’t, just this once 🙂
Rob
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I knew I was running with the bad crowd again, Rob. 😉
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Wow, a pissotta so special it needs to be protected with a gate! I love that sea creature door knocker/handle.
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I like how a really old, weather-stricken door may sport a splendid knocker/handle.
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The last one is a very camp guy. Do you think it’s meant to be Daniel in the lions’ den? The shell says perhaps not.
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It could be Daniel cross-dressing as Venus, perhaps? 🙂
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Snigger, snigger.
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I went to a talk about a van Dyck painting a few months back, and was interested to hear the lecturer say the hand-on-hip pose which is now seen as camp was formerly seen as a pose of power (early 17th century in this case).
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How neat is that! And, how educational is this post becoming??
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Had me worried…in this country “knockers” mean something else entirely.
Ha, ha.
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This blog is devoted to educational purposes, Michelle, including cross-cultural vocabulary enrichment!
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