Rosse, gialle, blu, verdi, viola... ecco a voi le mille porte colorate di Dublino! Si insinuano e fanno capolino da qualsiasi angolo, strada o piazza della città; una diversa dall'altra troneggiano sulle facciate delle caratteristiche palazzine vittoriane, rendendole uniche , ognuna con il suo colore, il suo stile e la sua storia. Sicuramente le avrete notate camminando per le strade della capitale irlandese (oggi sono diventate uno dei simboli che contraddistinguono la città,) ma se pensate che si tratti solo di un esempio di decorazione urbana e priva di significato, allora state pur certi che vi sbagliate. Preparatevi quindi ad entrare nel magico mondo delle porte irlandesi , perchè oggi abbiamo deciso di svelarvi la leggenda che si cela dietro questi usci simpatici e colorati. Sicuramente si tratta di una storia buffa e curiosa quella secondo cui l'idea di dipingere le porte delle case di colori diversi ebbe origine da due personaggi irlandesi come George Moore ed Oliver St John Gogarty, scrittori un po' eccentrici e piuttosto "irritabili" vissuti agli inizi del secolo 900. Si dice che i due vivessero in due palazzine vicine, in stile georgiano molto simili, non lontane dalla famosa Merrion Square , nel centro di Dublino. Un giorno Moore decise di dipingere la sua porta di verde per far si che il vicino Gogarty , di ritorno ubriaco dalle sue serate al pub , smettesse di scambiare casa sua con quella di Moore, disturbandone così il sonno. Gogarty, indispettito da questo gesto , decise allora di rispondere dipingendo a sua volta la sua porta di rosso per evitare che Moore, anche lui, da buon irlandese che si rispetti, discreto bevitore , entrasse in casa sua. E da questo momento in poi, via libera al colore: le porte delle case prima del centro e poi di tutta la capitale iniziarono a tingersi di ogni sfumatura, assunsero svariate decorazioni e divennero pian piano dei veri e propri simboli , che oggi rendono davvero unica la città. Insomma che sia vera o che sia falsa la leggenda non importa, la cosa che conta è che queste porte sono davvero uniche. Noi ci siamo divertite a fotografarne alcune durante i nostri giri di perlustrazione della città e vi invitiamo a fare la stessa cosa. Alcune sono vere e proprie opere d'arte! E allora armatevi di macchina fotografica e scegliete anche voi quella che vi si addice di più! Di che colore vorreste che fosse la porta della casa dei vostri sogni?
Red, yellow, blue, green, purple… these are the colours of the thousands coloured doors you can find in Dublin! You can see them everywhere, at every coin and in every street or square of the Irish capital; they’re all different and unique with their colours, style and history and they’re perfectly inserted in the facades of the great Victorian buildings. Of course you should have noticed them while wandering around the Irish capital (they’ve become a true symbol of the city), but if you think they’re just a sort of urban decoration without any meaning, you’re definitely wrong! So let’s discover together the magic world of Dublin‘s coloured doors and the legend hidden behind them: it’s an interesting and weird story according to which the idea of painting the houses’ doors was born at the beginning of the 19th century from two famous and eccentric writers, George Moore and Oliver St John Gogarty. The two writers were neighbours not far from Merrion Square and, as all Irish men, when they came back home from their nights out at the pub, they were always a bit drunk and they used to confuse their entrance with the one of the neighbour. One day Moore decided to paint its door green to avoid Gogarty to confuse it in the middle of the night; on the other hand, Gogarty decided to paint its door red to avoid the same thing. From that moment on, coloured doors -more and more garnished- multiplied all over the city, beginning from the centre and ending in the outskirts, and they became a true symbol of the Irish capital, because they’re unique in their genre. When in Dublin, we took a lot of pictures while wandering around the city centre, charmed by the doors legend, even if we don’t know if it’s true or not. And it’s really worth a tour: some of them are really amazing, like real art works! So now it’s your turn to take your camera: let’s choose the doors you like the most! What colour would you paint the door of your dream house?
Red, yellow, blue, green, purple… these are the colours of the thousands coloured doors you can find in Dublin! You can see them everywhere, at every coin and in every street or square of the Irish capital; they’re all different and unique with their colours, style and history and they’re perfectly inserted in the facades of the great Victorian buildings. Of course you should have noticed them while wandering around the Irish capital (they’ve become a true symbol of the city), but if you think they’re just a sort of urban decoration without any meaning, you’re definitely wrong! So let’s discover together the magic world of Dublin‘s coloured doors and the legend hidden behind them: it’s an interesting and weird story according to which the idea of painting the houses’ doors was born at the beginning of the 19th century from two famous and eccentric writers, George Moore and Oliver St John Gogarty. The two writers were neighbours not far from Merrion Square and, as all Irish men, when they came back home from their nights out at the pub, they were always a bit drunk and they used to confuse their entrance with the one of the neighbour. One day Moore decided to paint its door green to avoid Gogarty to confuse it in the middle of the night; on the other hand, Gogarty decided to paint its door red to avoid the same thing. From that moment on, coloured doors -more and more garnished- multiplied all over the city, beginning from the centre and ending in the outskirts, and they became a true symbol of the Irish capital, because they’re unique in their genre. When in Dublin, we took a lot of pictures while wandering around the city centre, charmed by the doors legend, even if we don’t know if it’s true or not. And it’s really worth a tour: some of them are really amazing, like real art works! So now it’s your turn to take your camera: let’s choose the doors you like the most! What colour would you paint the door of your dream house?