[OFF TOPIC] Arts, Architectures and Landscapes Thread

[Olympian1010 8,074]

[AlFHg 330]

This is a picture of something taken somewhere on the Rhone in Villeurbanne  it was the only moment of relax I had in four days I spent, or better wasted, in France to do interviews seeking for a Ph. D.

[AlFHg 330]

And this is Napoli :D this city I love/hate where I studied and actually work. This is Castel dell'Ovo that literally means "The Castle of the Egg", in a picture taken from the seaside. The whole world looks wonderful when you see it from there  I can never remember the positions, but the two islands in the background should be, from left to right, Capri and Ischia.

Edited November 14, 2018 by AlFHg

[thiago_simoes 1,425]

  On 11/14/2018 at 9:17 PM, AlFHg said:

This is Castel dell'Ovo that literally means "The Castle of the Egg"

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I thought "ovo" was a word exclusive to the Portuguese language. You learn something new every day...

And the pictures are really great. Congrats!

[dcro 10,210]

  On 11/15/2018 at 2:48 AM, thiago_simoes said:

I thought "ovo" was a word exclusive to the Portuguese language. You learn something new every day...

And the pictures are really great. Congrats!

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In Croatian "ovo" means "this".

[AlFHg 330]

  On 11/15/2018 at 2:48 AM, thiago_simoes said:

I thought "ovo" was a word exclusive to the Portuguese language. You learn something new every day...

And the pictures are really great. Congrats!

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Well “Ovo” is not a current Italian word, it is an archaic form of “uovo”, but after all Western Europe language are quite similar

[thiago_simoes 1,425]

  On 11/15/2018 at 8:17 AM, AlFHg said:

Well “Ovo” is not a current Italian word, it is an archaic form of “uovo”, but after all Western Europe language are quite similar

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Oh, that makes sense. In Spanish it is huevo, in French oeuf, in Romanian ou, so I thought Italian would have had a unique word too, like oufo, or something like this, so it makes sense to be uovo. In Portuguese we write ovo, and I have to say the word looks quite weird, but I can't explain why.

 

  On 11/15/2018 at 8:10 AM, dcro said:

 

In Croatian "ovo" means "this".

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Nice! There's a Cirque du Soleil show called Ovo. It was created by a Brazilian choreographer, and she meant to make it sound different for people who speak other languages, because the word looks curious, but Croatians and Italians might not have been so enticed, after all. 

 

Edited November 15, 2018 by thiago_simoes

[bestmen 2,833]

Algiers: the 3rd biggest mosque in the world is closer accomplished, some people here say it's wasting of money , it's not my opinion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2018 by bestmen

[heywoodu 15,355]

Nice and fun, but it doesn't come anywhere close to those many hundreds of years old mosques, cathedrals and churches  

[bestmen 2,833]

Lol , why should be? this is modern architecture mixing with islamic art ,each piece is an artwork