Beautiful Bardejov, a photo from Presovsky, East

Photographer's Note

This is a postcard from the Slovakian town of Bardejov. I send it to you as a sign that I am back on TE after one month's absence.

Bardejov, in north-eastern Slovakia, near the border with Poland, is recognized by the UNESCO as a world heritage. The central area is a remarkably well preserved medieval town, still partly surrounded by a wall. The main feature is this central square, Radničné námestie, surrounded by mainly Renaissance buildings. In the centre of the square is the Town hall, built in 1505, today housing a fine museum.

I was very impressed to see this square so well preserved and protected from the ugly billboards and huge umbrellas of cafés that destroy the views of so many other squares and streets in other places.

Bardejov is located off the main roads and doesn't receive the same herds of tourists as some other Slovakian towns. There are surprisingly few photos from this place on TE, and the last one was posted several years ago. I might also have overlooked it unless Malgo (emka) had recommended it. And like Malgo I started my visit by climbing the church tower at the northern end of the square. Unfortunately the weather was rather dull on the day of my arrival. The next day the sun was back and the sky was blue, after a very cold and rainy week, but I had no wish to climb the very narrow and very steep stairs once again. I spent parts of that day taking pictures in the square and the surrounding areas, which I expect to show here later.

As usual I was just as interested in looking straight down as admiring the general view. I am always amazed at how different a street or square can look when seen from above.

You can see a larger version of this photo here.

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dta (98848) 2015-06-17 8:30

Hello Gert ,
This is a superb view of this pretty town and especially its amazing square with the lonely building in the middle . Also attractive are the facades , the tiled roofs , and the square pieces of green grass in front of each house ; Superb green hills in the BG to complete the scenery .
Excellent capture , despite of the forecast weather .
Regards

ourania (51103) 2015-06-17 9:08

Hello Gert,
I'm very glad you're back and have lots of impressions and pictures from your travels to share with us! This is a great introduction, it looks like a model city but is very charming and genuine, it is wonderfully protected as world heritage. So interesting to see the Town Hall, a building so similar to all the others, standing out literally in the middle of the town and its square. The green hills provide superb framing and context, the moody colours are beautiful. I also like the playful geometry in the workshop picture. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great evening at home,
Ourania

macjake (98262) 2015-06-17 9:41

Hi Gert
great to have you back! you were missed i'm sure :)
we need to hang onto any TE member we can these days
haha

what i enjoy about TE is we learn about which places to visit, so now i'm going to have to put THIS town on my to-see-list.

Just like how you put Brno on yours.

love how the trees in the bg look like brocolli, and they add so much to the overall look.
I guess you could have cropped OUT the sky, leaving just the town and the landscape - that would have been an option.

When i scroll down to eliminate that sky, it looks perfectly fine that way.

cute to have the little patches of grass infront of the buildings too.

excellent idea to climb up here, i do it all the time as well.

wonderful return photo!
looking forward to seeing more
cheers
craig

eldancer1 (36343) 2015-06-17 10:10

Nice to see you posting again!

Awesome pov of this historic place. I like the architectural styles and it looks like this town was well planned and orderly. Good lighting and sharp details. Well done, tfs.

cornejo (61504) 2015-06-17 10:25

Hello Gert, excellent view of this interesting place, very well taken with a great pov in this great and beautiful picture. An interesting image with interesting buildings, very good sharpness, depth and quality. A great job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good evening and happy rest of the week.
All the best from southern Spain.
Angel.

mesutilgim (0) 2015-06-17 10:30

Hello dear Gert,
I was waiting since long for a new entry in your gallery. Here it is!
For a citizen of a mammout city like İstanbulit must be a great feeling to be the citizen of such a nice Legoland city.
Taken with perfect pov. Interesting notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

lousat (138695) 2015-06-17 10:32

Hi Gert,a very interesting post! The architechturale design of this square is absolutely unique and truly nice.Cery strange,geometric and curious,and very elegant too,beautiful pastel colors on the facades and a great green scenery in background too.Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

sabermonajati (11537) 2015-06-17 10:48

hi
amazing view from this square with buildings you captured.
regard
saber

emka (157280) 2015-06-17 10:50

Hi Gert, Like other friends, I have been waiting impatiently for your new pictures and I am curious how you liked the trip. This long square looks really lovely here, with pretty small houses with steep red roofs and hills around.Excellent composition with very nice sharpness and colours. great pleasure to look at. I checked that there are no my photos from Bardejov. The reason is that I somehow lost all my photos from the trip to Slovakia. The only photos that survived are on TE from gypsy settlement.
And how strange: your first photo from Poland one year ago was from the tower of St. Anna, and this one is also from above. I am happy that you liked my recommendation :).

Warm regard s MAlgo

PS. In July I go for a long weekend to Lofoten and Trondheim.

pajaran (115047) 2015-06-17 10:52

Dobro vecve.
Lep pogled na deo grada i arhitekturu, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepa razglednica grada, dobar ostrina i kontrast, lepe boje.
Lepa arhitektura.
Prijatno vece i sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good evening.
Beautiful view of the part of the city and architecture, interesting and good text ...
A beautiful postcard of the city, good sharpness and contrast, beautiful colors.
Beautiful architecture.
Good evening and all the best.
Paja.

COSTANTINO (115645) 2015-06-17 11:18

Hello dear Gert
thanks for sharing with us this beautiful
postcard showing the slovakian town of
Bardejov I like the way you captured
this photo because the houses seem like
toys of a small child
the green hills provide superb framing
very good sharpness lightness and
quality
regards
Costantino

saxo042 (38078) 2015-06-17 11:41

Hej Gert,
Välkommen hem ! Är det här verkligen en riktig stad? Det ser definitivt ut som en modell, någon har klippt och klistrat ihop små hus av kartong och placerat in på ett grönt filtunderlag med små träd av grönmålad skumplast. Det är bara modelljärnvägen i skala HO som saknas. Men ett fint foto! När man tittar på Googles street view vrkar det som om det var många uteserveringar längs husraden här men här ser det tämligen avfolkat ut. Var det kallt där också?
Hälsningar
Gunnar
,

PaulVDV (62810) 2015-06-17 11:57

Hello Gert,
Not exactly your typical kind of picture but certainly one I also would like to take one day.
This little town looks gorgeous. From up on the church tower the houses look a little like miniature houses on a maquette.
It's really surprising that there are not more visitors on the square.
I also really like the colour contrast between the roofs and the fresh green fields and forests that surround the village.
Best regards, Paul

Royaldevon (85678) 2015-06-17 12:25

Hello Gert,

I have to say, it's great to see you posting again. I was getting a little concerned by your absence.

My first impression from the thumbnail was that this was a miniature town so I was very surprised and pleased to find that it was a real town viewed from on high. It is so attractive and so unspoilt! As you noted, there are no irritating hoardings or ubiquitous street furniture.
I love how the roof spaces of these houses are used. The roof 'eyes' give the building characters, some with lids, some with staring eyes, some with thoughtful eyes!
Your composition gives a main focal point, anchoring the f/g and from which we can gain references to all the other areas of the town.

Thanks for sharing this,
Bev :-)

Fis2 (169877) 2015-06-17 12:28

Witaj Gert!
Excellent POV and composition.
Beautiful houses.
I like colours and light.
Very impressive view.
Good evening
Krzysztof

nikkitta (17070) 2015-06-17 12:50

Hola Gert

Its great to have you back, hope to discover, as happens here, new countries and villages
Quite agree with you, charming places are in general ruined by the colorful umbrellas

Good to climb so high, showing that way a creative postcard of this village with tiny houses and some nice landscape at the back

Well done, warm regards
Maria

Not people at view????

carlo62 (81265) 2015-06-17 14:25

Ciao Gert
bentornato, mi fa molto piacere rivedere le tue foto.
Ricominci molto bene con questa piazza da sogno, nessun disturbo di tipo turistico/pubblicitario, fantastico.
Belle anche le architetture e il disegno della piazza, mi piacciono quelle scale che vanno degradando con le aiole verdi a dare armonia.
Molto belle anche le altre foto, la vista dall'alto è sempre molto originale, peccato che soffro un po' l'altitudine...
Saluti
Carlo

PS grazie per l'apprezzamento alla mia foto, ovviamente non è esclusiva :-)

rychem (72187) 2015-06-17 20:24

It looks like a city of dollhouses! Excellent photo from a hight POV, perfect quality and composition, and the hills behind the houses are so green
regards Ryszard

jemaflor (146412) 2015-06-17 23:46

Hi Gert,
Nice POV of these houses, well balanced with the house as focal point in the FG, interesting architecture.

dkmurphys (79209) 2015-06-18 0:15

Hi Gert,
Very beautiful indeed. I like the architecture of those old houses. Spectacular panorama, well taken.

Daniel

Matyas (0) 2015-06-18 0:37

Hello Gert! Fantastic high point of view. Amazing townscape. Perfect cut. Good quality. Very good focus effect. Nice natural colours. Well done!

tyro (30513) 2015-06-18 2:05

Hello Gert,

Lovely to see you back on TE again after a month's absence - and how nice to see the first photographic fruits of your travels!

As always, an interesting note and a very fine photograph. Curiously, though only after a quick search here, I'm unable to see any photographs from the intrepid Malgo taken in Bardejov. But, like both Malgo and Craig, you have at an early stage of your arrival here found the tallest building to climb and from which to take this lovely aerial view.

And it's a splendid view too, well composed and clearly showing the rows of beautifully painted red roofed buildings surrounding this square in which the town hall proudly stands, perfectly placed in your frame. You should make no apology for the poor light because that dull light has brought out the colours vibrantly, a feature which we often seem to lose in pictures taken in bright sunlight. Perfect exposure and superb details and sharpness.

Beautiful!

Kind Regards,

John.

jhm (211734) 2015-06-18 3:32

Hello Gert,

One month absence is very long on TE, but back with a very lovely picture.
A lovely panorama view about the village, a indeed a lovely postcard.
Composition and sharpness are perfect to look at.
Very well done, TFS.

Kinds regards,
John.

Nicou (193806) 2015-06-18 4:47

Hello

quelle vue plongeante sueprbe iamge et comp quel rendu sur ces toits mervielleux et ce tons la couleur ces escaliers avec le petites pentes verte et en fond les talus vert grandisoe cpatage.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

Sergiom (117241) 2015-06-18 5:33

Bonjour Gert,

Quel beau point de vue sur cette très belle place. Les maisons sont très jolies avec cette belle architecture. Une très belle ligne de fuite avec de très jolies couleurs.

Amicalement

Serge

danos (110407) 2015-06-18 6:39

Hello Gert,
what a beautiful and panoramic view of the town with the building in the middle to be the eye catching of the scene with the other building on the left row,to complete perfect the whole scenery.The trees as the green that cover the hills, enhanced from the brilliant light of the day, making the image even more attractive.

Regards,Danos

abmdsudi (95869) 2015-06-18 8:44

Hi Gert
What an amazing piece of scenery and strong sense of history! the old town square is a wondrous place teeming with classical architecture and nicely bounded by dark green in the bg. The photo with wonderful softness to those creamy walls, shows how the buildings dwarf the people and lovely the way the eye is drawn into the whole panorama and feel of East European atmosphere supported by your essay on what and where your photo represents almost as good as being there. Tremendous definition & tones beautifully composed with great sense of depth. What a delightful shot, Congrats and tfs
Best wishes

Silvio1953 (220759) 2015-06-18 12:16

Ciao Gert, great POV on lovely village with nice house, excellent clarity, wonderful colors and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

williewhistler (16606) 2015-06-18 12:29

Hello Gert ,
it is almost like viewing a model village,all of the buildings so neatly laid out and in pristine condition with the figures ant like dotted sparsely about the square.
The images combine to illustrate a fascinating glimpse of a very interesting location.
Welcome back,best regards,
Les.

janjan1897 (2301) 2015-06-18 12:50

Hello Gert,
Great capture of this picturesque square, with its row of unique buildings. The architecture in this town looks so photogenic, and you have a wonderful POV here, catching the charm of the place very well. The green BG hills make a lovely colour contrast to the red rooftops and give a good balance to the shot. An attractive picture from a very beautiful town.
Regards,
Jean

fritzi007 (14698) 2015-06-18 12:59

Hello Gert,
super photographed and documented, a feast for the eyes, congratulations!

many Greetings
Wolfgang

mohammad_H (10178) 2015-06-19 6:33

Hi
Beautiful panoramic landscape with the building very nice, good work, and superb image quality Eye-catching and attractive
Have a nice day

CLODO (45116) 2015-06-19 6:35

Hi Gert

It looks as a village of dolls' houses, maybe taken from the top of the church tower. I remember having been there 12 years ago, but only at the street level!
Greetongs
CLODO

gildasjan (43826) 2015-06-19 10:58

Bonsoir Gert
Un bon point de vue qui magnifie l'image de cette place.La maison en bas à droite est bien mise en valeur.Un bel alignement d'architectures dans ce lieu qui semble parfaitement entretenu.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
Gildas

npecanhuk (79329) 2015-06-19 18:43

Hallo Gert!
Very beautiful place!
Very attractive picture too!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, horizontal format, chosen high pov and composition are all excellent!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

kasianowak (17672) 2015-06-20 5:59

Hi Gert
Welcome back! :-)
I really like photos taken from towers, they make the surrounding architecture look like a collection of doll houses.
The place looks as if it were frozen in time, the photo could have well been taken in the 70s! You have just made me realise how cafes with parasols (especially ones with commercial adverts) spoil views like this.
Great images in WS too, the "straight down" a fav for me - it would make a nice upload in its own right.
Best wishes
Kasia

ChrisJ (171366) 2015-06-21 4:29

Hello Gert

I am in Bratislava at the moment but heading for Belgrade in Serbia this week. Nice to see some of the less known and visited towns. A superb high pov with good sharpness. I don't blame you for not wanting to repeat the steep ascent up and down the stairs. The fg house in isolation adds interest. The square looks different without the usual al fresco dining areas. Tfs.

worldcitizen (15980) 2015-06-21 16:14

Hello Gert,
This really does look like a charming square. The architecture is wonderful, and it seems like you are inside the one tall structure there. Great, high POV, allowing us to see the colorful roofs and the greenery in the background. There are so few people in such a picturesque place, but luckily you didn't miss it. :-)

adores (46979) 2015-06-21 16:50

Hi Gert!
Hope you enjoyed your holidays:)! I've never been there but this city looks really nice, I like these houses and especially the roofs. Everything looks very clean and on the right place. Great pov for sure!

unclehotshot (4004) 2015-06-30 2:26

Hej Gert.
How very impressing, this beautiful square. It's hard to believe that umbrellas and signs have been kept away. It looks like a scenery from a certain book: The Good Soldier Švejk.
It also brings to mind locations from Hungary.
I think the high POV is exelent (as is often the case).The surprising closeness of green hills and nature makes the photo even better.
- I will keep this place in mind for a future trip. Thanks for showing it.
Cheers Gert
Frank

Angshu (56760) 2015-06-30 5:39

Hello Gert
pretty interesting if not a queer square. The townhall sits in the centrre of the square looking pretty much the same as the other buildings.
Rather the building in the centre of the row of houses to the left looks rather large and wonder what is it?
Not a typical 'Gert' picture I must say, but an interesting one for sure!
Best Regards
Angshu

berek (50518) 2015-07-06 22:25

Dear Gert,
The architechturale design of this square is absolutely unique and truly nice.Cery strange,geometric and curious,and very elegant too,beautiful pastel colors on the facades and a great green scenery in background too.
Best wishes
Burak Erek

Gigidusud (21679) 2015-07-08 23:19

Hello Gert,
A beautiful aerial view of the city well framed. Very nice these architectures surrounded by greenery. A true postcard, I like it!
Have a nice day.
Gigi

Didi (61589) 2015-07-09 10:31

Hi Gert
Very nice dominant point of view on this place with the house on the middle
Quiet place
Well done
Best regards

adramad (72600) 2016-12-15 12:31

Hi, Gert.
Wonderful this panoramic view, this huge square, the tower of the fantastic church that we see in the WS, gave you an ideal point of observation from the top of its beautiful tower, very curious this lonely house in the middle of the square.
Sharpness, exposure, colors, horizontal format, point of view and composition chosen are excellent.
Very good work. I like it.
You have a good day.
Best regards.
Luis.

PiotrF (54246) 2017-10-30 14:00

Hello Gert,
Interesting photos from Slovakia. This is a small and very interesting town.Great view from this tower.Perfect exposure and good color saturation.
Fine presentation
Regards
Piotr

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Copyright: Gert Holmertz (holmertz) (102096)
Genre: Lugares
Medium: Cor
Date Taken: 2015-05-28
Categories: Arquitectura
Camera: Canon Ixus 1000 HS
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