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File:Facade monastery San Lorenzo de El Escorial Spain.jpg, featured[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 17 Oct 2012 at 09:58:13 (UTC)
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El Escorial, main entrance
  •  Info all by me -- Jebulon (talk) 09:58, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Main entrance, detail of the facade of the monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, UNESCO World Heritage, built by king Philip II of Spain in 1559. Please see annotations for more details -- Jebulon (talk) 09:58, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • If it weren't for he two guys toking (something illegal?) in front of the building, i would have called it booooring. It's a good image, but all in all too dull for FP. Kleuske (talk) 11:30, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Agree, you are right, this building (the whole, not only what is shown here, which is the less "boring" part), is "boring". In some way, it was the wish of the builder (please take a few minutes in following the links...). No, it is not too dull for FP (UNESCO World Heritage, something cultural, if you know what I mean...). You understood very well the purpose of this nomination, but you finished too quickly with just the wrong conclusion.--Jebulon (talk) 14:13, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • My comments were a bit harsh, and i apologize to you, the Jezuites, UNESCO and all things cultural. The image is certainly a good one, i've said that. QI? No doubt. FP? Close, but no cigar. Kleuske (talk) 15:47, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question Are you talking about this building? Sometimes details are not interested as the whole view (if I'm right). -- Jkadavoor (Jee) (talk) 16:18, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support As I know this building, I can tell it's a great view of the main part of the facade. It looks to me perfect in symmetry and light, almost an illustration. The building itself is very simple as seen from the street, big but without many ornaments. I think this composition combines very well with the building's style. I wish the two guys weren't there, but on the other hand they can give scale. It's also interesting that there's nobody else in the square, because there are usually lots of tourists or just people going for a walk (the area of square covered by the picture is about 50mx50m). If somebody could remove properly those two guys, it'd be perfect IMO. --Kadellar (talk) 19:35, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It is easy, I could do this. But are you sure it will make the picture better ?--Jebulon (talk) 19:42, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I think so. --Kadellar (talk) 20:33, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The picture reminds me of this kind of architecture illustrations: [1], [2]. --Kadellar (talk) 20:45, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 2012 (UTC)

Confirmed results:
Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 17:43, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture
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