Portals of TUR Part 1
We had a journal entry a few months ago about the Portals of St. Elmo. This set of portals are in Tur. Never heard of Tur? Probably because I just made it up. It’s Tuscany, Umbria and Rome. That area of ancient villages, walled cities, and the odd Etruscan artifact. Buildings are considered new here if they are less than 250 years old. Tur is ancient and yet modern. What lies behind these portals into the heart of central Italy? Sometimes it is stacks of fine leather. Sometimes there are ultra modern residences. Most of the time one can only guess. But the portals themselves provide clues to an ancient past with textures and hints of places far away in time.
Clues to what lies behind these portals are often found hanging nearby.
And there are a substantial number of portals with flowering plants nearby.
We don’t know where the lower portal in the image below goes, but it doesn’t look good.
Portals in danger of being swallowed.
High density portals
Portals to high fashion,
portals to religious passion.
And portals to other passions:
So many portals into the soul of TUR.
Part 2 soon.
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