Thursday doors – 9 February 2023

Doors 208 – Croatia doors (part 4)

The next instalment of doors from our family trip to Croatia last August. Before leaving Zaton, we took a trip to the Krka National Park, which even though crowded was spectacular, and the boardwalk through the woods and waterways will remain long in my memory. The first door this week was in the park on a small out building and had been coated in stickers. It felt like this was the one place in the entire park where people could express their subversive selves, and it made me laugh.

Door in Krka National Park, Croatia, August 2022
Door in Krka National Park, Croatia, August 2022

Our next destination was Pula where we spent a few nights, and I have to say that this city was the highlight of my holiday. Probably because the Italian influence in the Istrian Peninsula is very strong. Italian is spoken, the city feels like a suburb of Rome, shops have bilingual signage, and the Roman ruins are to die for. Here is a small selection of ancient and less ancient doors/doorways, with a promise of more to come soon:

Pula Amphitheatre arches and tourist entrance door, Pula, Croatia, August 2022
Pula Amphitheatre arches and tourist entrance door, Pula, Croatia, August 2022

 

Old door with heavy balcony, Pula, Croatia, August 2022
Old door with heavy balcony, Pula, Croatia, August 2022

 

Temple of Augustus, Pula, Croatia, August 2022
Temple of Augustus, Pula, Croatia, August 2022

 

Arch of the Sergii, Pula, Croatia, August 2022
Arch of the Sergii, Pula, Croatia, August 2022

 

Blue-grey door, Pula, Croatia, August 2022
Blue-grey door, Pula, Croatia, August 2022

 

Time has caught up with me and cut my commentary a little short (mercifully, perhaps). I will have more for you next week.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj

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50. Culver Street

It is only right to mark my 50th street art post with my favourite stencil artist. JPS, an adopted son of Bristol is from nearby Weston-super-Mare, where several of his works adorn the holiday town streets.

JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015
JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015

This incredibly detailed stencil, ‘Spartacus’ is a tribute to the Welsh actor Andy Whitfield who played the star role in the Starz TV production of Spartacus. He died in 2011 aged 39 of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015
JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015

I was lucky enough to photograph this work a day or two after it was completed on 13 April 2015. It is the detail of the clothing and belt that I think marks out JPS as an incredible talent.

JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015
JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015

The ‘Spartacus’, on the wall of the Queen Shilling night club, is only yards away from another JPS I posted on 8 July 2015.

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