Glazed window balconies, called galerías, in La Coruna, Galicia, Spain, Europe
"The city is also well known for its characteristic glazed window balconies, called galerías. Originally, this type of structure came about as a naval architecture solution for the challenging weather, particularly designed for rainy days. This fashion started in Ferrol in the 18th century when some of the technicians working for the Royal Dockyards had the idea of using the shape of the back of a war ship in a modern building. Soon afterwards, most sea ports in northern Spain, including the Basque region were adding these glazed window balconies to their city-port houses." [source: Wikipedia]
Size: 4010px × 3008px
Photo credit: © Sergio Azenha / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: balconies, balcony, blue, building, buildings, city, clouds, color, colorful, colour, colourful, coruna, corunha, corunna, coruñ, detail, details, europe, european, facade, galerias, glazed, horizontal, house, houses, la, landmark, landmarks, north, northern, outdoor, outdoors, perspective, sky, spain, spanish, town, veranda, verandas, view, window, windows
