577 Comments for Manicomio Frigerio

Motts has made all us architectural critics, I think it's a good thing. I know Motts has forever changed the way I view , and appreciate architecture. I think these galleries and their discussion forums have enriched many of us. Thanks again Motts, i bet you never realized that you already are a "teacher/professor".

Thanks Motts, i have been checking in and out, i was so happy to see a new gallery up thank YOU!

HOLY CRAP!! I'm concentrating on these beautiful, haunting pictures, it's quiet in the house -- and two of my cats just got into a screaming match. Whew!! Their dinner is late and now I have to go change my underwear.

Another very fine gallery, Motts. Grazzi (is that the right word?)

That gate and fence is just beautiful. Is this a black & white picture, or infared? It has a kind of ethereal quality. The whole thing glows. Lovely.

It is a lovely, serene place, but I think I see what -B- is seeing about the trees. I can't think of any other way of describing it, either. Just 'odd' trees. And that ivy is really something!

It's not odd; it's just dead -- which adds a spooky element to the picture. That's a strange, flimsy little canopy thingy over the door. It almost looks like that area started out to be a porch and then they closed it in.

This room has a monastic feel. It looks like it could have been a nice place to contemplate or meditate -- or something.

I've seen stained glass like that in some churches. Very pretty on a sunny day.

Holy cow! I feel like I need to get a shot just from looking at this picture! What is this? The dungeon? That hole looks like a trap door where they dropped the bodies through.

Oooooh. I love the pinky-beige color, the way the window has been repaired with a dark panel and the way the stucco (?) is falling off the wall. Any idea what they kept on all those shelves? Are the shelves crooked, or is it just the camera angle?

I love the perspective of this shot, and the tiny bit of ivy peeking over the windowsill echoed by the green showing through the door at the end. Did your footsteps echo

Yeah, I'm definitely going to decorate my house with ivy; however, I don't think I want a vine that's as pernnicious as this. It looks like the kind that will strangle you in your sleep. Anyway, this is a beautiful shot. What were you standing on?

So, um, like, they come here for transfusions?

Decommissioned kitchen. The stove fit back in that arch. On closer look, the top half of the bricks don't match the bottom half. Maybe Liza's right. What's that metal contraption on the left? Soda machine?

It does look like there's a ghost or something lurking back there in the gloom. I love that arched doorway, but don't have any desire to walk through it.