A Tunisian Journalist Call, via Le M.U.R./Facebook

You are a Tunisian street artist or one of your friends is... or maybe you have a good knowledge  
of the GRAFFITI / URBAN ART scene in Tunisia... Will you please be so kind to leave a comment on  
LE M.U.R. right HERE? 
A Tunisian journalist - aiming to present an overview of Street Arts spreading around in Tunisia 
since the spring revolution and the departure of Ben Ali - will get in touch with you.

... Throughout Tunisia, giant murals of ordinary people replaced large portraits of Ben Ali. 

In the gutted ruins of government buildings, the burned husks of presidential palaces, and other locations like 

billboards, walls, along streets and the Porte de France, in Tunis, they aimed to provoke discussion ‘in a world 

turned upside down or inside out’, transforming the streets and areas of social conflict into new arenas for 

discourse and dialogue."

Any question about URBAN ART in Tunisia... like why? when? where? how?
Find the answers on Brandon Letzinger's essay 'Creating the Political: Street Art after the 2011 
Tunisian revolution.
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Le MUR-asso, official site.

Bahrain 6 - Shaikh Isa House in Muharraq

The house of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa is situated in the heart of Muharrak, the old
capital of Bahrain, near to the Grand Mosque and is considered to be one of the oldest
houses in town.

[See more pictures in the slideshow].
The house was built at the end of the 18th century by Shaikh Hassan bin Ahmed Al Fatih
who lived there as well as his sons and grandsons.
Later on, the house became with king Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa a residence and a
government centre from 1869 to 1932.
Its huge walls, the small doors and the wind tower were conceived as
a protection from the heat in summer and the severe cold in winter.
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LINKS:
- BahrainTourism
- Bahrain Guide

Bahrain 5 - The Fort near Karranah

The Fort - Qal'at - of Bahrain [قلعة البحرين], is located by the sea in the northern coast
of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

[Slideshow by G@ttogiallo]
It is one of the Kingdom's most important historical and archaeological sites where
excavations carried out since 1954 have unearthed antiquaries from an artificial mound
of 12 m height containing seven stratified layers, created by various occupants from
2300 BC up to the 18th century, including Kassites, Portuguese and Persians.
It was once the capital of the Dilmun civilization and was inscribed as a UNESCO
World Heritage Site in 2005.
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Bahrain 2 - Al Jasrah House

A 'Pearl' from de Persian gulf is offered to you to visit,
you just have to click, it's a slideshow...
Yours faithful G@tto.
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[Any reference to the 'Pearl', which has disappeared, is not due to chance].

September 2011 - Straight from Granny's in Sardinia...

Mostly organized from Paris through Twitter and Facebook - but also locally advertised,
the 5-day old items' sale at Granny's has been a village attraction and a success story...

Here's a slideshow of a 2-day sale that I had, in fact, to extend to five days: quite
simply, people kept coming driven by word of mouth and curiosity.
[Except for the granite building, sold a few days ago, the property is still for sale].
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Now, you just follow G@tto on La Pigna Hill...

in Sanremo, Italy.

When in Sanremo, if you ever go there, you'll see this map near the gates leading up
the hill.
Here are two recommended routes :
- the red one :
1 Palazzo Borea d'Olmo, 2 Chiesa Santo Stefano, 3 Piazza Nota & Palazzo del Commissario,
4 Porta Santo Stefano & i Vailai, 5 Porta Bugiarda & Porta del Roglio, 6 Via Rivolte, 7 Oratorio
San Costanzo, 8 Giardini Regina Elena, 9 Santuario Madonna della Costa.
- and the blue one :
1 Chiesa Concattedrale Collegiata San Siro, 2 Piazza San Siro, 3 Le Canoniche, 4 Torre Ciapèla,
5 Porta Montù, 6 Palazzo Manara, 7 Porta Palma, 8 Chiesa San Giuseppe, 9 Porta San Giuseppe
& Via dei Mille, 10 Piazza della Cisterna, 11 Porte Santa Maria, 12 Piazza del Capitolo, 13 Chiesa
Santa Brigida, 14 Piazza dei Dolori, 15 Oratorio San Sebastiano.




This is a tough slideshow, so put on your most comfortable virtual shoes and
watch your steps because this is a long way up and down a steep hill.
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Strangely, YouTube offers very little on La Pigna medieval area...


[repez]
This video was made by a class of the local Cassini high school.
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Too Late for the Métallos' Snack Party !

Aaarrgh !
There was nothing left, no snacks, no live graphs or performance...
Just a few pics for a little slideshow...


(G@tto)

The music is "Trop Tard" [Too Late], from 'Ali Baba' album by Chute Libre.
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(see previous post).

KatuHoria's SlideShows...

There is a beautiful road in the Basque Country...
climbing from Pas de Roland after Itxassou village, following the
Nive river and sneaking across some fairy woods, then leading
up on the Artzamendi (Bear Mountain)...


(KatuHoria)


Pas de Roland.
(oh! mais où est-il donc passé ?)

Philippe Moçotéguy, a Basque
guy, explains what the Basque
Country is...

Don't leave yet, I'm going to show you some streets of Bayonne and a few
other Basque spots around the town... just follow KatuHoria's steps.


(KatuHoria)
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Shared Gardens in Paris

35 are listed here, but there are actually 45 shared
gardens in town and many others are due to open
in the near future.























The one showed below is located midway on the hights of Ménilmontant,
the highest Paris' hill, at 315 rue des Pyrénées, in a little dead end called
cité Leroy.



(G@ttoGiallo)


Another shared garden is growing near the rue
de la Mare, between the white footbridge and
the tunnel along the old Petite Ceinture's railway
(Paris XX).

Jardins partagés, by guillaume fillon

Interesting links...
* GreenGuerrillas * Jardinons * CityFarmer

Andy Esiebo in Paris ?

What if Football was born in the street ?
(Tomorrow's last exhibition day).













(G@ttoGiallo)

















Paris exhibition's organizers.
(See also previous post).

Last Night at...

... the H A B A N A - J A Z Z !

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dj suspect & dj moar

M O A R - M I X

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by G@tto

(MySpace/YellowCatsClub)

*** Search no more > the Habana club has become "Le 9", but it still is a jazz club.
[Have a look at their MySpace page].

Welcome to "Les Métallos" ! (Slideshow chantier)

C'est la réouverture.

94, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud - Paris XI
Vélib n° 11032 - Bus 96

M° Parmentier, Couronne

Fermée depuis presque deux ans et demi pour un "relooking extrême",
ça y est, la Maison des Métallos rouvre ses portes mercredi 7 novembre
en présence de Bertrand Delanoë et Georges Sarre
et avec un programme plutôt intéressant :

Portes ouvertes :
visites sur rendez-vous du 13 au 19 novembre.
Contact : 01 47 00 25 20

info@maisondesmetallos.org

reservation@maisondesmetallos.org
www.maisondesmetallos.org
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Et voici les deux années de chantier
vues du côté Griset :

(SlideShow)

... and this is how the "Maison" looked like,
before the remodeling.

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* Anna Bromwich post for VINGT Paris.

I'm sorry, I was abroad on a mission...

... Impossible !
(abroad because out of Paris is abroad).

I was asked for an important mission in JewTown, where two guys needed a coach
for a weekly < ... > training session.
So I took a plane to go faster, but it wasn't a good idea.
Orly is a dreadful place if you get lost in its bowels...

(click image to see the slideshow)

Monte Narba, an abandoned mine I've recorded for you.

Monte Narba is the site of an old mine's district (silver ore) in south/east Sardinia,
Sarrabus' hills, Italy.
Closed down and deserted for too many years - it was operating mostly from 17th
to the beginning of 19th century. it will probably come back to life one of these days
as a... well, let's wait and see.

Let me show you the place... (slideshow)

(by G@ttoGiallo)

A bit of history now...

Geological map of the district & site map

(Thanks to "Mines of Sardinia" and its minetramps)

O O O

Summer holidays at Granny's in Sardinia

FOR SALE

a gorgeous real estate for investors

Ideal place for a Bed&Breakfast, a museum-restaurant,
a big family house for holidays or anything you want...

The main building in the 60s.

A marriage, around 1930

Starring : the "loggiato" in a 1920 shot !

Where is it ? ... click on the map !

(To get more info, go to At Granny's in Sardinia).

Now take a virtual tour, visit the mill, the wild forest...
(forget the wild forest, it has been sold and cleaned up end of 2009),
the house, the garden, the village and some beautiful
spots along the coast.

Videos : the garden and the granite building...
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(The whole property needs a serious renovation).