Hello all!
I spent the day in Rhodes--and saw another site of an "Ancient Wonder of the World". You will learn more about it on Tuesday.
I also was in a medieval castle for the first time in my life. It was originally built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Each room had a gigantic fireplace--in fact, I estimate 10 people could stand inside of them.
There were beautiful mosaics and statues. Here is an interesting fact. If you look closely at the statues, often the head and body are a little different shade. That is because sculptors would make generic statues with no heads. Depending on who was ruling at the time, a person could purchase a "new head" and put it on the statue you already owned!
Enjoy the photos!
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What did they burn in the fireplaces? Wood? Entire trees??? People?? lol
ReplyDeleteBlake
Let's just say I made sure there was no heat in the fireplace before I stepped into it!
ReplyDeleteAnother GREAT question, Blake--I didn't think to ask WHAT they burned in there. Now I am curious. With there being a huge fireplace like that in EVERY large room--they could have gone through a forest in less than a year!