France - Building Design Details

2010-06-27T10:11:00.001-07:00

Each country, and each region, has its particular building designs and the details or particular details of design that are evident in the buildings, doors, windows, wells, fountains and more. But underlying the differences from country to country is the even more remarkable similarity that is evident as one compares Building Design Details.

Following are some examples of Buildings from France.

Water Pumps & Wells of France,

And, Doors of France,

To see other Building Design Detail photos such as the Door Knockers below, go to my Flickr Album at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=sets

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Patzcuaro Styles

2008-01-27T11:09:00.000-08:00

Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, is located in the mountains 200 miles west of Mexico City at an elevation of 7200 feet. Michoacan is part of what is referred to as the Colonial Circlde of Mexico, the area of greatest concentrated colonial settlement and development during the Spanish Colonial Period. Most of what is now the state of Michoacan was controled by the Purhepecha Indian Impire, which numbered an estimated 3,000,000 members at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Even today there are still 130,000 Purhepecha Indian People that still speak the Purhepecha language.

Although the Purhepecha language and cultural traditions are strongly represented throughout Michoacan, the only affect we see in building design details is the representation of Purhepecha motifs in some of the wood carving on doors and occacionally in carved stone relief in some of the churches. What we find is traditional designs from Spain and Mexican designs that have occured since the conquest.

BUILDING DESIGN DETAILS

France - Building Design Details

Patzcuaro Styles