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Capalbio, Tuscany Part #1
This week I’m dipping into some of the final reserves from last years’ time in Italy.
Our favourite leg of the trip was the four days with spent with fellow blogging door fan Manja and her amore Marco in southwestern Tuscany.
We covered a lot of ground and saw a lot of doors in a such a short time and I discovered that the lovely old hilltop town of Capalbio is an absolute feast for door lovers.
A number of these may have been posted on Manja’s blog at some point so they may look familiar.
Even so, they’re pretty enough to deserve a second look from a slightly different perspective.
The amazing thing is that as you stroll the walkway around the outside of the town walls, you’re treated to breathtaking views in all directions.
Couldn’t you get used to views like this?
Old stone walls…
Streets and lane-ways that are much too narrow for cars…
Stairs…everywhere, stairs 😉
and those amazing views…
With almost 6″ (15 cms) of snow already on our lawn, I miss you Capalbio!
As always thanks for looking 🙂
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Norm 3.0 
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Beautiful views and interesting doors.
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Great doors and beautiful views. Thank you, Norm.
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Everything from grand to gauche. Love it all, great samples! I feel like I know door #8. I wonder if Manja got that one before. I love that door, that sweet little alcove, whitewashed brick, love, love love!
As for the vistas, I’d rather see your photos, because oh it looks hot! 😀
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Hi Norm. That battered door with the satellite dish above made me smile – the old juxtaposed with new! And the patchwork wooden doors studded with nails are great. Here’s my contribution for this week: https://americanfoodieabroad.wordpress.com/2019/11/24/paddys-doors/
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Wow! Capalbio is a name I should remember.
Here are views of an ultramodern door: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2019/11/23/wuhan-railway-station/
Happy to be back from behind the great firewall.
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Thank you 🙂
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You have got such a great variety of doors!! I am battling to find any like that here where I live!
Here is my entry: https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2019/11/23/thursday-doors-hopefield-church/
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Every place has its own beauty. You’ve shown us plenty of the pretty places in your part of the world 🙂
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Thank you Norm
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Wow, an amazing collection of doors. Now, I want to visit Italy and especially Capalbio for the doors! Have a wonderful weekend, Norm, and stay warm!
Here’s a link to my post this week ~ https://brendasrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/thursday-doors-last-post-from-montpellier-france/
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Thanks Brenda 🙂
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Oh my, thanks for the ray of sunshine. Not sure about the satellite door…, but the old doors/gates are magnificent.
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Thank you. Well, the satellite door does stand out 😉
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A great collection! Italian doors never disappoint!
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Thank you Angela 🙂
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Really enjoy these views of Tuscany! You can’t get too much.
My link: https://katytrailcreations.com/2019/11/22/prairie-fire-winery/
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Thank you 🙂
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Many great doors norm. Mea culpa, I’m a day late…
https://studiotionghan.com/2019/11/22/awaiting-renovation-thursday-doors/
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Thank you!
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I’m not so sure I like those doors made of horizontal pieces of wood. They look uninviting to me, but your photos of them are great. Also, what lovely vistas. Relaxing.
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Thank you Ally. Some doors with horizontal boards can be quite nice but I agree these are not the prettiest examples 😉
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I’m so happy to have some doors to share this week! From St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery in Florence, Arizona: https://arhtisticlicense.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-3/
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Thanks Andrea 🙂
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Your doors are fabulous this week. Mine is in contrast: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2019/11/21/face-lift-thursday-doors-nov-21-2019/
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Thanks Judy 🙂
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Stairs make the view worth it! The first door (and several following) reminded me of a dresser with stacked drawers. Might be kind of fun to have one open for a mail drop. Thanks for sharing some sun with us. Here is my TDoors post for today: https://wheatsaltwineoil.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/home-thursday-doors/
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Thank you 🙂
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Once again I forgot to give you the url! https://wp.me/p9EWyp-Hd
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Beautiful doors and lots of warm tones, Norm. Is this the first post where all your doors are the same colour? Here’s my collection for this week, thanks.
https://jeanreinhardt.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-more-from-ballyconnell/
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Thanks Jean. I hadn’t noticed they were all the same colour so it was not a conscious decision.
BTW did you close comments on your post this week?
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No, I didn’t close them, thanks for telling me Norm. I must check it out.
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Really nice, that is a region I would love to visit, thanks so much
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Thanks Alice. I’ve been fortunate enough to visit Tuscany twice. I’m sure you’d love it and I hope you get to see it for yourself 🙂
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Excellent, I especially like the contrast between wood and brick.
I have always meant to ask, where is the Header picture taken?
I have gone for a bit of a variation on the door theme this week…
https://apetcher.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-caceres-in-spain/
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Thanks Andrew. My header shot is Orvieto – https://wp.me/p4yv1P-1TM
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Thanks Norm!
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What is the relevance of Orvieto?
I was certain that you would tell me it was Toledo or Cuenca in Spain.
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Some real crackers there, Norm. Meanwhile, from the underclass of Chabanais doors: http://theonlyd800inthehameau.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-chabanais-lonely-and-unloved/
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Thank you 🙂
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Love these old rich doors! You can see at one time they must have cost a bundle! The tope down landscape view is gorgeous. It looks so much like where we live – hills and vineyards – no wonder we felt so much at home there! Your captures must have been taken from different angles than Manja’s!
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Thank you. Between the slow pace, the great food, and the wonderful scenery it is very easy to feel at home there 🙂
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Living with a slower pace is great (anywhere)!
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I’m a sucker for old bricks! Thanks Norm, it looks as if they continued straight from Roman times with their brick handling. Mine for today is brickless and takes you back to Ljubljana some twenty years ago: https://unassortedstories.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/mud/
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Thank you. Yes some of these old hilltop towns are quite old. Capalbio records date back to the early 800’s.
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Such a beautiful area – I do love the doors with hinges. Beautiful.
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Thanks Jan 🙂
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These are beautiful doors, all of them. I think my favorite is the very first one. I don’t know why but I really like that one the most.
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Thank you Corina 🙂
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Fabulous doors, Norm! I love everything Italian, a stunningly beautiful country. I live in Spain, which has a very similar culture. Today I’m posting doors seen in Jerez, Spain, taken on a recent trip. https://lucciagray.com/2019/11/21/thursdaydoors-jerez-spain/ Thanks for hosting 🙂
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Thanks Luccia. I’m hoping to get to Spain one day so I can compare it to Italy for myself 🙂
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That will be a hard comparison! My parents are from Spain, but my great grandparents were originally from Italy, thus my ‘real’ surname, Magaldi, is from Florence. I learnt Italian, which is very similar to Spanish and I love Italy from Milan to Naples, breathtaking.
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After seeing the view, I felt sure no door could be as glorious, but then I saw the old, rustic one and had to concede I was wrong.
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Yes that one is impressive. I’m guessing it’s at least 400 years old.
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beautiful wood doors from Tuscany! thank you. here’s my contribution this week: https://lolawi.blog/2019/11/21/church-doors/
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Thank you!
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Wow! I have now started a list of places to visit. Capalbio, Tuscany is on it! Such lovely doors, especially the really old one. Nice finds Norm.
Here is mine for this week. Again, the surrounds do the talking.
https://thoughtsandentanglements.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-55/
Pat
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Thank you Pat. Capalbio is a hidden gem. I’d recommend a short side-trip there to anyone visiting that part of Italy 🙂
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For some reason my favorite was the door with the satellite dish, especially the dish.
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That one certainly stands out, that’s for sure 🙂
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Oh, Norm, when I saw your post today and the first few doors, I might have uttered an audible awwww. Only bestia can tell. 😀 Really good to see your take on “my” doors. I’m sure you missed some and will have to return. 🙂 No snow here but some other nuisances. We shall prevail.
https://mexcessive.photo.blog/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-21-11-19-back-to-ljubljana/
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Thank you Manja. You’re right of course I most certainly missed some, and yes I will have to return at some point 😉
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Well, although not as exotic as Tuscany, and none of my doors are as rustic & old as some of yours, my doors ARE on a hillside! My contribution is here…
https://msgt3227blog.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-galena-wrap-up/
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Thank you!
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Cracking selection of Tuscan doors. I love the really old ones.
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Here’s my modest selection of doors https://viewfromtheback.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-45/
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Thanks Sheree 🙂
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I especially like the ones right next to modern doors or the one with the satellite dish right above it. Perfect for Italy–a mix of modern and ancient. I’m showing more doors from my visit to France, where the same often holds true:
https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-un-melange/
janet
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Thanks Janet. Between Italy and France I don’t think we would ever run out of interesting doors to admire 🙂
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I agree. 🙂
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I love those ancient-looking ones that look like they were salvaged from Pompeii or something! Wouldn’t keep out the mice, but packed with time and experiences. My doors are colorful, but modern: http://marianallen.com/2019/11/frankfort-ave-again-thursdaydoors/
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Thanks Marian. No, we saw a number of old doors that wouldn’t keep out the mice, and they wouldn’t work in anything resembling a colder climate either 😉
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Snow was way too early this year, but luckily ours has melted.
Those are amazing doors.
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2019/11/thursday-doors_60.html
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Hoping for a thaw here too but at the moment it’s not looking good. Thanks Jackie 🙂
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Aha, I thought you couldn’t resist returning (not literally) to Tuscany with the weather in Montreal at present. Why do they make doors with horizontal planks of wood? Not aesthetically pleasing to me.
I am finally leaving Chicago this week. Odds and ends only
https://drprunesquallor279704606.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-chicago-miscellany/
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Thanks Ian. I have seen horizontal planks work nicely on some doors, but I agree, not so successfully on these ones.
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A beautiful set of rustic doors. I’ve never been to Italy but after seeing the wonderful architecture and photographic opportunities Italy has to offer.. it is definitely on my list of places to visit. Many thanks for sharing and hosting the challenge. Here is my entry https://ryanphotography.uk/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-21st-november-2019/
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Thank you and welcome to #ThursdayDoors 🙂
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Beautiful doors – Italy certainly knows how to do doors. 🙂 I really like the third to the last one with the lovely wrought iron over the glass.
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Thanks Judy. I agree, Italy sure seems to do doors well, but I’m hoping at some point to be able to get in a lot more places…for comparative purposes of course 😉
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What I found most interesting was how deeply inset many of these doors were. I’m sure there are a couple of different reasons for it, but it creates this natural protection from the elements.
There is a unique golden colour to Italy and each of these photos captures some of it.
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Thanks Joanne. That golden light is enough to make even non-photographers WANT to take up photography 😀
A year later and I’m still pinching myself.
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Those doors lead onto some stunning views!
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Ahh Colline there are views like that of the countryside from those hilltop towns all over this region; it really is something special to see 🙂
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Doors hidden between thick stone walls, I love it.
Here are mine: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/pamplona-doors/
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Thanks. Needless to say I had so much fun that day 🙂
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Here’s mine: http://chava61photography.photo.blog/2019/11/21/thursday-doors-november-21-2019/
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Thanks for playing!
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These are beautiful photos, Norm. Old wooden doors and stone buildings. It just doesn’t get any better. The two photos (nest the end) of doors at the top of the stairs are my favorites. I love the composition (as well as everything in them) of those images.
My doors are at https://nofacilities.com/2019/11/21/broad-brook-opera-house-thursdaydoors/
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Thanks Dan. We had such a fun time exploring this place. I kept picking my jaw up off the ground the entire time.
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I can only imagine.
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That would have been a lot of fun searching doors in Italy with Manja. Italy’s doors are just magnificent. Here is mine for this week, Norm. https://travel-with-tech.blog/2019/11/21/street-art-doors/
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Thanks. It was only 4 days but my-oh-my we had such a good time 🙂
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Hi Norman, Tuscany is such a beautiful place and as you say Capalbio like all the hilltop villages are full of love interesting doors, amazing views. Thanks to the zona limitada hardly any traffic. 💜
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Yes, it’s so enjoyable to be able to wander around those streets and just soak in the sights without having to keep getting out of the way for cars 😀
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That’s a great selection of doors, Norm 😁 Love the metalwork on some of the older ones. Here’s mine: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2019/11/21/doors-in-the-house-for-an-art-lover-thursday-doors-nov-21/
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Thank you. Yes the combination of old wood and metal gets my attention every time.
BTW I went over and commented on your post earlier but it’s not showing up. I suspect WordPress is still sending my comments into spam. You made need to go into your pending/spam comments admin file and release from spam jail 😉
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