Atalaya Castle

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Should be nice when its finished Jon. :!:

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Actually it was built over a ten year period in the late 1930's and early 1940's at great expense. By 1956 it was abandoned (the owners had died). Since then it was taken over by the state, and preserved pretty much as you see it. I think it has something like six thousand square feet of rooms.

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jon.oman wrote:Actually it was built over a ten year period in the late 1930's and early 1940's at great expense. By 1956 it was abandoned (the owners had died). Since then it was taken over by the state, and preserved pretty much as you see it. I think it has something like six thousand square feet of rooms.
Oh OK then.

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Wonder what they used on the interior walls. Surely they didn't stare at those red bricks all the time.
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JohnSR wrote:Wonder what they used on the interior walls. Surely they didn't stare at those red bricks all the time.
Maybe that was all that was available at time.

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Think in the 30's and 40's they had wall paper but maybe they just liked staring at red bricks. It does look like it was painted at one time as I can see peeling paint.
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I really like brick finish but maybe not as much red brick.

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We have a lot of old brick buildings in Seattle and Tacoma. But now they don't use them because of the danger of earthquakes. Bricks just don't stand up to ground shaking. We get an average of one earthquake a month around here.
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per month...really I never knew that.

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