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An Italian village where the houses have eyes

61 points by samizdis 5y ago

WalterBright 5y ago
Of course, these days lots of houses have eyes, and they're recording, too!
slver 5y ago
Kids just love entering the mouth of a giant angry face I bet. Some ideas are intended to die.
- jpmoral 5y ago
  Kid me would've loved it.
- kuu 5y ago
  Have you heard about Gargantua in the Basque country region of Spain? https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargant%C3%BAa https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargant%C3%BAa
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ccozan 5y ago
If you are interested in such novel architectures, I recomment this [1] also. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=sibiu+case+cu+ochi&oq=sibiu+case+cu+ochi&aqs=chrome..69i57.5407j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=sibiu+case+cu+ochi&oq=sibiu+...
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eCa 5y ago
There’s also the eyes of Sibiu[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_of_Sibiu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_of_Sibiu
- hvna 5y ago
  I'm only a few km away and didn't know about this, will have to go see!
C-x_C-f 5y ago
Basilicata (the region where this village is) never ceases to amaze me. Also of note is Matera [1], one of the oldest continually inhabited towns in the world, and a place where some people lived in caves until 1952. Basilicata is also one of the least accessible regions in Italy--I wonder if it's for the better or for the worst. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matera
- fxtentacle 5y ago
  Probably for the better. When I first visited Florence in 1996 people where happy to talk to us. When I visited again in 2018 everyone was exhausted by the constant flood of what they call "newly rich Chinese". Newly rich for them meant that they don't have the behavior usually associated with wealthy westerners. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-embarrassed-by-its-tourists-2013-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-embarrassed-by-its-... It's kind of culture shock because in some areas in Asia it is considered OK to just let your kids pee on the street. But with historic sandstone in Italy, the locals obviously hate that. When I tried to revisit Venice in 2018, they had deployed military for crowd control and were actively advising against visiting it My favorite places in Italy don't have a highway connection and they have aged well. The tourist hotspots have not.
  - toyg 5y ago
    > Probably for the better. You say that because you're not actually living there. Basilicata has always been desperately poor, and the Lucania region even more so. My grandfather left it in the '50s, when even moderately well-off families like his (who owned houses and land) still did not have in-house running water. Today is still topping all the wrong charts among Italian regions, and people still have to leave unless they want to work in tourism (and even there, only if they live in well-known places like Matera). Like Abruzzo or Calabria, it looks nice and folksy when you visit a week or two a year. If you had to spend months or years over there, you'd likely get pissed off pretty quickly. Among other things, organised crime is a massive issue. > in some areas in Asia it is considered OK to just let your kids pee on the street. But with historic sandstone in Italy, the locals obviously hate that. Rationalization. When I was growing up in Italy in the '80s, peeing against houses was considered a bit rude but somewhat normal in a pinch. Gentrification and improvement in education standards have resulted in progress, reducing this kind of behavior in the wealthiest areas (which undoubtedly central Firenze is). That's all it is. (I'm not denying that the locals are annoyed by tourists doing it, I'm just saying it's just classic double standards and love-hate relationship with that industry.)
ackbar03 5y ago
I used to think with these things that if you have nothing to hide and have done no evil there's nothing to be scared of. But then I guess that's also why my friends say I'm a bit dark sometimes
1MachineElf 5y ago
Early precursor to surveillance capitalism. /s
everling 5y ago
Almost sounds like a giallo movie, like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_with_Laughing_Windows https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_with_Laughing_Wind...
- teh_klev 5y ago
  I'm already hearing a Goblin Suspiria like soundtrack in my head.
globular-toast 5y ago
Can't scroll on Firefox. It starts OK then some script loads and locks the page at the top. Oh well.
amelius 5y ago
Surveillance state avant la lettre.

61 points by samizdis 5y ago

WalterBright 5y ago

Of course, these days lots of houses have eyes, and they're recording, too!

slver 5y ago

Kids just love entering the mouth of a giant angry face I bet. Some ideas are intended to die.

jpmoral 5y ago
Kid me would've loved it.
kuu 5y ago
Have you heard about Gargantua in the Basque country region of Spain? https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargant%C3%BAa https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargant%C3%BAa
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ccozan 5y ago

If you are interested in such novel architectures, I recomment this [1] also. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=sibiu+case+cu+ochi&oq=sibiu+case+cu+ochi&aqs=chrome..69i57.5407j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=sibiu+case+cu+ochi&oq=sibiu+...

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eCa 5y ago

There’s also the eyes of Sibiu[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_of_Sibiu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_of_Sibiu

hvna 5y ago
I'm only a few km away and didn't know about this, will have to go see!

C-x_C-f 5y ago

Basilicata (the region where this village is) never ceases to amaze me. Also of note is Matera [1], one of the oldest continually inhabited towns in the world, and a place where some people lived in caves until 1952. Basilicata is also one of the least accessible regions in Italy--I wonder if it's for the better or for the worst. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matera

fxtentacle 5y ago
Probably for the better. When I first visited Florence in 1996 people where happy to talk to us. When I visited again in 2018 everyone was exhausted by the constant flood of what they call "newly rich Chinese". Newly rich for them meant that they don't have the behavior usually associated with wealthy westerners. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-embarrassed-by-its-tourists-2013-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-embarrassed-by-its-... It's kind of culture shock because in some areas in Asia it is considered OK to just let your kids pee on the street. But with historic sandstone in Italy, the locals obviously hate that. When I tried to revisit Venice in 2018, they had deployed military for crowd control and were actively advising against visiting it My favorite places in Italy don't have a highway connection and they have aged well. The tourist hotspots have not.
- toyg 5y ago
  > Probably for the better. You say that because you're not actually living there. Basilicata has always been desperately poor, and the Lucania region even more so. My grandfather left it in the '50s, when even moderately well-off families like his (who owned houses and land) still did not have in-house running water. Today is still topping all the wrong charts among Italian regions, and people still have to leave unless they want to work in tourism (and even there, only if they live in well-known places like Matera). Like Abruzzo or Calabria, it looks nice and folksy when you visit a week or two a year. If you had to spend months or years over there, you'd likely get pissed off pretty quickly. Among other things, organised crime is a massive issue. > in some areas in Asia it is considered OK to just let your kids pee on the street. But with historic sandstone in Italy, the locals obviously hate that. Rationalization. When I was growing up in Italy in the '80s, peeing against houses was considered a bit rude but somewhat normal in a pinch. Gentrification and improvement in education standards have resulted in progress, reducing this kind of behavior in the wealthiest areas (which undoubtedly central Firenze is). That's all it is. (I'm not denying that the locals are annoyed by tourists doing it, I'm just saying it's just classic double standards and love-hate relationship with that industry.)

ackbar03 5y ago

I used to think with these things that if you have nothing to hide and have done no evil there's nothing to be scared of. But then I guess that's also why my friends say I'm a bit dark sometimes

1MachineElf 5y ago

Early precursor to surveillance capitalism. /s

everling 5y ago

Almost sounds like a giallo movie, like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_with_Laughing_Windows https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_with_Laughing_Wind...

teh_klev 5y ago
I'm already hearing a Goblin Suspiria like soundtrack in my head.

globular-toast 5y ago

Can't scroll on Firefox. It starts OK then some script loads and locks the page at the top. Oh well.

amelius 5y ago

Surveillance state avant la lettre.