The Ljubljana “Skyscraper” staircase was the most graceful thing I’ve photographed recently.
But first the last week on my blog. There were:
- Italian ambience in Ljubljana, Slovenia;
- two quotes on trees and some scenes from a favourite garden featuring bestia;
- January 16th will always be the birthday of my two friends, and this year MLK Day as well;
- the second part of sister’s Asia travel photos featuring impressive temples and Buddhas;
- the first visit to magnificently restored Slovenian village Šmartno – we’ll be back;
- Thursday saw some rather creepy night doors from Trastevere in Roma;
- and yesterday we gazed in the Ljubljanica river and its banks to see whether it’s time that passes or us.
And now let’s have a look at a couple of art déco staircases inside the “Nebotičnik”, or Skyscraper, built in 1933 and for 60 years the tallest building in Slovenia. Here it is in an old photo I found online (just because I didn’t take a photo of it myself for some reason):
The next time we will take a look from its terrace, but today just the staircase (well, there are two).
Photo: © signature mmm (except b&w)
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: Graceful
This pictures are awesome! Love this gallery!
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Yeah, I’m glad to hear it, OstendNomad! 🙂
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Wow is right. At first I thought it was similar to the staircase at the AGO here in Toronto but the one in the skyscraper is in a class of it’s own.
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Thank you, Mama Cormier! 🙂 I’d love to visit yours now!
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Beautiful. A spiral is always graceful! Thanks for sharing these.
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Thank you, Vanessa, it’s true about the graceful spiral. 🙂
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Absolutely fantastic gallery! Wow!
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Thank you very much, Leya! 🙂
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Love the shots but all that walking in circles would make me dizzy 😉
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Thank you, Norm. I was dizzy a little bit, but much more overwhelmed by what I was seeing.
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Me, too.
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😀 Thank, rx!
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I’m dizzy! Those are crazy staircases. Did you have to take anti-nausea medication before ascending/descending? Beautiful photos as always, MMM.
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Thanks, Susanne. It was nothing like standing at the mountain top without a fence – that gets to me. Here there was the fence and I had my camera and I was seeing wonderful stuff. But I’m surprised I didn’t look up on the descent at all… I think the vortex was eating me up.
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Great photos! Wow is about the only word that works for those stairs.
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Thanks, Dan, I’m glad you concur.
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Gorgeous stuff. Too many of them and my vertigo kicks in, but I love the nautilus look to them, almost seems natural, too beautiful to be manmade.
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Thanks, Joey. This sounds so cool: “Too beautiful to be manmade.”
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I love spiral staircases and know how difficult they are to photograph. Great capture!
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Thank you, Joanne. This was a highlight of my stay, for sure. One would say, it’s just a staircase. But it made me feel elated.
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I know exactly what you’re saying.
We stayed once in a hotel in Sweden that had a narrow spiral staircase. Since we tend to shun elevators whenever we can, we tore up and down those stairs several times a day. I loved it – it was a mini-adventure each time and I have at least a dozen really bad photos of it.
And each time we popped out of the staircase, the hotel staff would look at us like we were insane 🙂
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Most definitely wow! I would have loved to have photographed that. Nice images
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Yeah! I’m glad to hear this, Lisa. 🙂 Thank you!
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Beautiful photos! I see seashells 🙂
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Thank you, seeseashellsaw. 🙂
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Similar red railings can be found in Ljubljana’s castle …
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Yes, Awa, indeed! And I never saw it with my own eyes, only on a photo… Next time. 🙂
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I got it on the picture. So I saw it as the first one 😀
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Fantastic! Though admittedly, if I had to descend that staircase, I’d hold on to the railing for dear life! And not look down!
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Thank you! But when you walk down, it’s not a bad feeling at all, as long as you don’t look into the hole. 😀
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Thanks for sending…amazing :)) 101% love it haha
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You’re very welcome! 🙂
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Wow yes! Thanks for sharing the link. I love this place! 👏
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You’re welcome. They are so similar! 🙂
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