Sewers everywhere... (page 2 of 8)

Love the colorful Japanese license plate 😉 Thanks

Stef

Okay, I'm reviving the post I created with some new contributions... 🙂

In order: Granada, Córdoba, Seville, and Berlin.

Stef

Hey stadium, One’s missing—the most famous one, if I’m not mistaken—the Bocca della Verità, even if we don’t set foot on it anymore 😉

Hi there! 🙂

One’s missing—the most famous one, if I’m not mistaken—the Bocca della Verità, even if we don’t walk all over it anymore

Wait, was that a manhole cover????? 😮😮😮

Stef

Yeah, it kinda shatters the myth, but it’s mentioned in all the good Rome guides 😉 I’ll let you check it out on this SITE, among others, though Wiki downplays it by saying its function is uncertain and it might’ve been a fountain too 😄

Actually, when I visit a major capital, I usually buy a souvenir book full of city photos from the gift shops... a book I hardly ever open after the trip and whose sole purpose is to sit on the bookshelf alongside other similar volumes... 😛

Well, I just flipped through the one I got in Rome, and sure enough, it claims the Bocca della Verità was originally a fountain or a manhole cover... 🙂

Stef

hey there!

it's amazing!!!😮 it's really the number one.😛

Good evening! :)

Post update... Contributions from Vienna (photo 1), Bratislava (photo 2), and Budapest (photos 3, 4, and 5).

Stef

Amazing stadium—what they say about the sewer and the colors, it's art at this level 😉 I promise I’ll think of you and this post, and as soon as I spot a cool one, I’ll capture it for this original collection 😏

You're too kind!!! 😛 I can't wait 🙂

Stef

After that, all you’ll have left to do is create a website about manhole covers around the world, like Delseve’s one on global signs. More niche as a topic, sure, but way more original too ;)

I just checked... someone already had the idea 😛

http://www.traque-aux-plaques.com/fr/

Stef

True 😕 but there isn’t even the Italian Bocca 😉 But there’s hope:

Stop participating! We unfortunately ceased all activity on this site several years ago. A big thank you to everyone who sent us photos of signs, and our apologies for not having had the time to publish them.

thanks for the link

I’ve got a series of photos that’ll make you happy (I’ll post them soon)

see ya

That's awesome! Thanks in advance! 🙂

For Mister Boumbastic, my personal snapshots of the "Bocca della Verità" during my trip to Rome in the summer of 2008. Unfortunately, when I got there, the gates were closed, so I didn’t get the chance to "test" the legend 😛

Stef

Santa Cruz (La Palma Island)

Thanks! 🙂

Stef

you're welcome more to come, but I'm swamped with work right now

No worries, no rush at all! 😉

Stef

Here's my little contribution. Well, to be exact, the photos are from my colleague who just got back from Japan with a few photos of signs for me, but she also has some shots of manhole covers (which she gave me permission to post here, just so you know).

The first one is from Kyoto or Tokyo—needs double-checking. As for the other two, it's written on them: they're from Yokohama. More should be coming soon.

As for me, I have a few, but they're the ones you've already seen :/