Republic´s Square Photo

Photographer’s Note

The best thing of Viana do Castelo the Quarter Antigo is, with paved streets that go of square in square and of street in street, coming closer palaces and churches. With the sun one always travels better, but there are urban sceneries for that they seem to ask a little of rain to highlight the reflexes of the stone.

The Square of the Republic is the neuralgic center of the historical helmet, where they find the Town hall, which construction was initiated in the reign of D.Manuel I and concluída with D.João III, it is an edifício of two flats entirely construct you in granite.

The House of the Compassion, his construction was initiated in 1520 and it extended until ends of century. The project owes to itself João Lopes, or Moço. It is one of the more interesting works of civil architecture of this epoch. The frontage, looking for the Square, is formed by two rails alpendradas with columns profusely sculpted, that place in a series of arches back region com ionic columns. On the frontage there is a triangular front. In the side lefthander, the portal of granite stands out, with diverse sculptures.

The source is Renaissance of 1553.

To my back there is a beautiful environment of ancient buildings that mostraré in a WS.

lilimih33, ribeiroantonio, gunbud, AiresSantos, zhelach, jlbrthnn, Cretense, Clementi, Emile, Truja has marked this note useful

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maximage (13341) 2007-10-16 15:26

Bonsoir Charo,
Belle composition avec un bon contraste et un beau ciel. La fontaine est très belle.
Belle image plaisante et vivante.
J'ai visité cette ville l'année passé.
Amitiés et bonne nuit.
max

ribeiroantonio (21859) 2007-10-16 18:14

São duas fotografias muito bonitas mas para ser franco, gosto muito mais da que colocáste no WS. Nesta, a fonte ficou muito centrada, o que não beneficia muito a composição. No entanto, é um bom trabalho no seu conjunto.
António

paura (38266) 2007-10-16 18:53

Charo,
Um bom ponto de tomada para mostrar essa arquitetura rebuscada nesses elementosa urbanos. Cores igualmente boas.

Paulo

emilbo (9293) 2007-10-16 18:55

Bonsoir Charo,
Belle image de ce vieux cartier, bonne composition et excelente clarté d'image. J'aime bien la fontaine, le vieux bâtiment à gauche et l'animation qui y règne. Le gris contraste bien avec le magnifique ciel bleu et ta note est très intéressante.
Amicalement,
Emilius

jurek1951 (25896) 2007-10-16 20:06

Hi Charo,
This is a superb shot with stunning colours.Great composition. Well done all around!
Georg

gunbud (27763) 2007-10-16 20:12

Hi Charo,
Wonderful old village square with its beautiful fountain that is seen in all its grand intricate detail. The details to the old stone work is marvelous with clear colors and excellent sharpness to this lovely image that has a lovely blue sky background.
Regards, Tom

besnard (30492) 2007-10-16 22:49

Bonjour Charo
Joli cliché de cette place et cette fontaines pleines de charme. L'ensemble est bien cadré sous un beau ciel bleu.L
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

lilimih33 (9872) 2007-10-17 1:40

Hello Charo!
Beautiful place and great colours, light and clarity in your picture!
Nice point of view!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

...I return... :)

AiresSantos (41866) 2007-10-17 2:14

Ola Charo
Há muito tempo que já não visito Viana do Castelo.
Uma bela foto desta simpatica praca. Boas cores e enquadramento
Cumprimentos
Aires

zhelach (3590) 2007-10-17 2:22

Hello Charo!
Very nice old town!
Beautiful fountain!
Regards, Zorica

jonathan_hart (22570) 2007-10-17 3:09

hello Charo
the place is nice
light is good, colours are fine,
just the framing, more to the right would have been good as the left hand side is less interesting than the right hand side
regards
jo

giorgimer (21000) 2007-10-17 4:46

Hi Charo,

very beautiful place, excellent POV with the beautiful fountain dominating the scene. It seems there's a little lack of sharpness, I don't know if it's due to compression

TFS

Gio

UnTrained (0) 2007-10-17 4:57

Hola Charo,
good capture of the fountain, with your low POV you managed to put the peak against the sky. This leads to a pleasant contrast for all details. I also like the sharpness and those people for life. Maybe a small crop of the left with the chairs would work better, as the fountain would be a bit decentered and the left does not add much here.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

jlbrthnn (37601) 2007-10-17 5:59

Buenos días Charo,
son espléndidas fachadas históricas. La propia fuente es antigua y constituye un magnífico primer plan. Bonita alianza de los colores de las piedras y del cielo.
Pasa un buen día.
Cordialmente
Joël

Nicou (44491) 2007-10-17 8:27

Hello,

Mangigique cette fontaine avec cet escaliers tout en rond et ces beau bâtiments à l'arrière, très bien cadré, superbe.

Bravo et amitiés

Nicou

Cretense (55690) 2007-10-17 11:25

Hola Charo!

Un lugar muy bonito y una foto muy bien compuesta y "equilibrada". Muy bellos colores! Felicidades!

Un saludo, Hercules

r021251 (3917) 2007-10-17 13:37

Je ne sais pas sur quelle planète que vous vivez mais comment ça que le ciel est toujours d'un bleu immaculé pour vous ? Belle image d'architecture avec un bel angle d evue, J'aime la note très interressant .
Bravo, Mr, Charo.. Réal Québec, Canada..

stego (22350) 2007-10-17 14:14

Hola Charo,

Es una bella tirada, pero me vas perdonar la franqueza: el pov no es muy imaginativo y no está muy nítida. Pero mesmo así me gusta, pues muestra bien la plaza, su vida y los colores y luz son esplendidos.

Digo el mismo sobre el WS, aun que la nitidez me parezca un poco mejor oh por lo menos no tan perturbadora. Quizás tenga aun mejor luz.

Saludos, José.

Emile (19883) 2007-10-17 22:16

Hola Charo.
No se cual es mejor, si esta o la foto de tu WS, las dos estan magnificas, muy bien captadas y con muy buenos colores y buena iluminacion. Me gustan mucho tus dos fotos.
Felicitaciones.
Abrazos.

Clementi (43659) 2007-10-18 1:30

Ciao Charo ,
molto ben ripresa questa piazza ,
mi piace la fontana al centro della scena con i due edifici dietro .
molto belli i colori e la nitidezza.
ottimo lavoro
Giorgio

barrufeto_77 (25697) 2007-10-18 4:02

Hola Charo.

Me encanta el hipnótico efecto de la fuente sobre la foto. Hace que captes la atención de la foto y eso me gusta.

Un saludo, Oscar

Mikos (4324) 2007-10-18 6:32

Hola Charo!

Hiciste muy bien posicionando esta belleza en el centro de la imagen, dando introduccion al resto de la bellisima plaza.
Me gusta tambien la luz, intensa y el angulo cercano al plano!

Un saludo, y buen día!

Miguel

Truja (4948) 2007-10-18 12:53

Bona nit Charo,
gran fotografía con una espléndida muestra de arte como son las dos casas y la fuente.
Me gusta el hecho que la fuente esté centrada dándole protagonismo en la imagen, buena composición.
Salud.
Desde Catalunya, Jordi

velocista (881) 2008-05-23 14:30

olá,
bonita fotografia do centro historico de viana. bonitas cores e excelente pov. parabens
pedro