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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 7 Jun 09 12:13
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During centuries Algarve, south of Portugal, had influence from Arabs who invade this land. That influence we can see today in a lot of details as the chimneys used in a lot of old houses. A lot of them were destroyed but this legacy remains in many more, still alive…
The chimney was a symbol of status and vanity of the owner of the house. There weren’t two alike. They were all different, in form, in color and dimension. Painted mostly in white because the heat - the white was the color of the houses - each one had its particular detail. The complexity and the beauty of the construction depended of the richness of the owner, his vanity or the power he had in the region. Everyone was handmade and a symbol of popular art. “You want a chimney of how many hours?” asked the stonemason, master in chimneys. More details, more hours and more expensive.
The chimney, besides the useful function in the house, was a particular ornamental element where usually people dated the construction.
In Alentejo, the chimneys were also influenced by Arabs but are different, bigger and with fewer details, however an impressive decorative element.
Today the tradition still remains but mostly with pre constructed chimneys in concrete, made in series, all equals in half a dozen of different designs, but still a decorative element in the top of the houses.
In this blog we can share images and show here chimneys all over the world.
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 24 Jun 09 01:12 - Edited by: Mac Leitao
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Some more examples of chemineys from Algarve- Portugal.
Different architecture and different artist.
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Kolibri
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# Posted: 24 Jun 09 07:50
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good idea Manuel
different kind of chimney
Doel nuclear plant near Antwerp
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 28 Jun 09 01:04
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Yes Jan... this is a different chimney...
As you can see in Portugal we have a few but in carbon and oil plants.
And here we have another algarvian from Ferragudo, near Portimão
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Azra Uzunović
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# Posted: 28 Jun 09 10:04
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Big chimney
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 29 Jun 09 09:57
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A big factory chemney indeed...
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Tmar
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# Posted: 30 Jun 09 00:45
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Decorated chimney , to eliminate the smoke in style!
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Rik Herrygers
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# Posted: 30 Jun 09 18:29
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Spain, Barcalona, Casa Milà, better known as La Pedrera (Catalan for 'The Quarry'),
is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí
and built during the years 1906"1910, being considered officially completed in 1912.
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 30 Jun 09 21:56
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Just great...
Those are really a beauty.
Rik@ So "old" but so modern and actual.
Tmar@ A lot of style... This one I don't know where...
Great job. Let's have some more...
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geert geenen
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# Posted: 30 Jun 09 22:25
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nice topic, Mac Leitao. my favourite place for 'chimneys' is Duisburg, Germany. here are two:
 
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Toga
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# Posted: 30 Jun 09 23:06
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Can you guess where is it from?
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 1 Jul 09 02:33 - Edited by: Mac Leitao
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Another interesting chemney
geert@ It seems that there are a lot of polution. However if that is a cooling tower of a steelworks plant, for instance, it's just water steam... Great pictures.
Toga@ Maybe North of Portugal or Spain. A house of a rich man, a palace or something alike
Well done
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 2 Jul 09 09:01 - Edited by: Mac Leitao
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More examples of algavian chemneys.
All differents but all similar.Some with almost 100 years.
 
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la rafale
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# Posted: 2 Jul 09 15:23
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Barcelona, Spain, house Batllo, chimney, architect Gaudi
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Cristina Gonçalves
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# Posted: 2 Jul 09 15:37 - Edited by: Cristina Gonçalves
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This one is in Pego do Inferno, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal 
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 2 Jul 09 23:21
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Yes... Chemneys around the world.
Rik and La Rafale @ Gaudi is wining 
Cristina @ The cat is a smart one... the chemney is hot and he jumps... The other one will do thw same in a while...
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Orchi
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# Posted: 4 Jul 09 07:40
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An old chemney, where the nature took the power
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Orchi
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# Posted: 4 Jul 09 16:45
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Gent, chemneys of the city-hall
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 5 Jul 09 12:05
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New photos and great ones
Mireille @ Great work with the "nature war"
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Mac Leitao
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# Posted: 12 Jul 09 03:02
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Another example very well treated. Painted and the house also rebuilted.
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