Yeah, 1682 is the year the house was built. The rest of the metal sings can mean one specific family, be a sign of wealth or just to protect the building against bad spirits.
They year it was built, either it is on the side as you see in the picture or around the stone frame of the house door. The later is more prevalent where I live
Back when they expect the building to last to centuries
These aren’t just for decoration but also structural support
That are anchors to ensure stability.
Sometimes they just made crosses or, why not, ornaments and Numbers
You from USA? smirking emoji
They show the value of the house in euro’s in 2008 /s
Year of construction. Sometimes a year of restoration is added too.
It’s the number of minutes left before a developer buys it and knocks it down to make a characterless apartment block. /s
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That‘s the year the building was erected.
Yeah, 1682 is the year the house was built. The rest of the metal sings can mean one specific family, be a sign of wealth or just to protect the building against bad spirits.
They year it was built, either it is on the side as you see in the picture or around the stone frame of the house door. The later is more prevalent where I live
Back when they expect the building to last to centuries
These aren’t just for decoration but also structural support
That are anchors to ensure stability.
Sometimes they just made crosses or, why not, ornaments and Numbers
You from USA? smirking emoji
They show the value of the house in euro’s in 2008 /s
Year of construction. Sometimes a year of restoration is added too.
It’s the number of minutes left before a developer buys it and knocks it down to make a characterless apartment block. /s