FfFfFfFF 58,375 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 A magnificently decorated 12th-century Islamic bathhouse, replete with dazzling geometric motifs and skylights in the form of eight-pointed stars, has emerged, a little improbably, from the walls and vaulted ceilings of a popular tapas bar in the heart of the southern Spanish city of Seville. Last summer, the owners of the Cervercería Giralda – which has been pouring cañas and copas near Seville’s cathedral since 1923 – decided to take advantage of local roadworks and the coronavirus pandemic to set about a long-delayed renovation. [...] “As soon as we saw one of the skylights, we knew what it was; it just couldn’t have been anything but a baths,” said Jiménez. “We just had to follow the pattern of the skylights.” Their explorations soon uncovered an exquisite piece of design dating back to the 12th century when the Almohad caliphate ruled much of what are now Spain and Portugal as well as a large swath of north Africa. “Decoratively speaking, these baths have the largest amount of preserved decoration of any of the known baths on the Iberian peninsula,” said the archaeologist. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/18/islamic-12th-century-bathhouse-uncovered-in-seville-tapas-bar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ItWasntLaauv 6,392 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Spanish Spirited Away incoming!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I wonder how many gays visited it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 41,988 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Try to renovate a bar in an American city and all you’ll find is asbestos and chipped lead paint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HermioneT 1,998 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I love such stories! thanks for sharing! She / hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxicHot 6,444 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 That’s really cool... but my question is: how did they go all these years, even centuries I suppose, without discovering this? Like, did they just completely ignore the ceilings and upper stories or?? dOnT sAd ReAcT mE 2 bE sHaDy i WiLL RePoRt U!!1! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllusionLover 7,667 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Here's a funny and stupid fact, this was discovered in the 21st century which is 12 backwards. 13 | this is my dancefloor i fought for, your voice is louder, it echoes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,375 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 20 hours ago, ToxicHot said: That’s really cool... but my question is: how did they go all these years, even centuries I suppose, without discovering this? Like, did they just completely ignore the ceilings and upper stories or?? They assumed it was a neo-Islammic style that originated in the 1920s. It's not unsual in Europe for old buildings to keep being reused until it becomes unknown what their original purpose was (the Americans are different as cities are obviously 'newer' compared to the Old World). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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