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Le Murate - HFF! (PIPs)


Florence's old jail, known colloquially as "Le Murate" (the Walled-in)*, was gradually restructured between 2001 and 2010 and turned into a residential complex (with some spaces used for public functions). The architectural design maintained, and in a sense "played" with, the institutional look of the old buildings, while contriving ways to add some "relief" to the old cells by adding originally shaped balconies and bow windows, and by repurposing as balconies/hanging gardens the old gangways that connected different cell blocks (see first PIP). Large steel bracings were used inside to open up the walls connecting cells in order to create larger rooms and apartments.
* The vernacular name of the jail does not, however, refer to the prison inmates, but rather to the original inhabitants of the cells: before being turned into a jail, this complex was in fact a convent for cloistered nuns and was originally built as a complex of cells, with only a few large common areas.
HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY and may you be as free as a bird this weekend!
* The vernacular name of the jail does not, however, refer to the prison inmates, but rather to the original inhabitants of the cells: before being turned into a jail, this complex was in fact a convent for cloistered nuns and was originally built as a complex of cells, with only a few large common areas.
HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY and may you be as free as a bird this weekend!
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HFF, Annalia!
Stay well!
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HFF Annalia and thanks for explaining so well.
I like it a lot and your photos are exemplary , Annalia!
Great information!
HFF and joyful weekend also to you!!
HFF and stay safe.
HFF!
buon fine settimana ( io di nuovo in Umbria....sarà cosi x tutta l'estate....spero:)
Wish you HFF and a lovely weekend.
HFF and I wish you a good weekend.
Have a weekend which brings you joy and pleasant surprises!
Belated HFF but have a great weekend.
A very nice shot of a building with a history.
... Thank you for the good wishes, Annalia
I also wish you a wonderful and free weekend.
Freundliche Grüße und ein schönes Wochenende
Erich
Einen verspäteten HFF und ein schönes Wochenende, Annalia!
I like this picture very much!
It is a very different, clever, and exciting composition
Fantastic colours too
Best Wishes, (somewhat late) HFF, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter
For Trester: You are certainly right! Fortunately, the ground floor windows don't belong to apartments; they belong to storage rooms that are part of the office spaces assigned to local non profit associations. The entrance to the offices is on the opposite side, where they can be accessed directly from the street without entering the residential complex inner courtyard.
I hope everyone had a nice weekend and wish you a great week ahead. Mine is going to be hell on wheels at work at least the first three days, so I will probably resurface on Thursday ...
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