This is a photo of the old school house we visited in Bar Harbor, Maine two summers ago. The building was a plain shaped building with a very fancy entrance. The fluted columns and the palladian window above the door really made it a very fancy decoration for a school building.
Palladio was an Italian architect who created buildings with arches and the half circle window was eventually named a palladian window.
Those who follow me regularly remember that we were there to celebrate the first year anniversary of our son and daughter in law . They waited to have a reception for their marriage a year after they had married and it was in this building.
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I love the window. What a great place to hold the reception.
I see you have many wonderful memories connect with this beautiful window!
God bless and have a fantastic week man!!!
Now that must be a first, to have a wedding then wait a year for the reception! Lovely photo of the window. I wonder why it reflects brown?
Did you mean Palladian window? It doesn't follow the definition anyway...
Yes I did mean Palladian window. I was in a hurry and just slopped down a spelling that was sort of in the area but really was far off from the real word. I remember seeing the windows in George Washington's house that had these windows and that was the first time I had heard of it being referred to a palladian window.
Blogspot thinks the spelling is wrong but I did look it up to be sure.
Beautiful window:)
It is a beautiful window. Thank you for explaining how it got it's name. Although I had heard it many times I had never associated it with an actual person. Silly me, I should know better that names don't just appear out of nowhere.
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