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A stone passage at dusk, crossed by a striped pointed arch, with lanterns lit on the walls, potted olives along the side and a studded door at the end.
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Sunlit Doors

Lantern Passage

No. 4 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA stone passage at dusk, crossed by a striped pointed arch, with lanterns lit on the walls, potted olives along the side and a studded door at the end.

What it meansStriped stonework of alternating light and dark courses, called ablaq, is a feature of old streets and houses in Damascus, Cairo and Aleppo.

Where it worksWarm and quiet, it suits a hallway, a study or a dining room lit in the evening.

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A long pool between orange trees in pots, leading to a doorway under an arcade of horseshoe arches, with bougainvillea along the gallery and green shutters above.Water CourtNo. 6
An outside stair of whitewashed steps with a blue band, pots on every other step, climbing to a blue door under a mass of bougainvillea.White StairNo. 7
An ochre wall with a stone stair and a thin iron rail climbing to a green pointed door, with jasmine falling from above and a jar in the niche below.Green Door StairNo. 8
From a cool tiled room, two arched wooden doors stand open onto a sunlit garden path of palms and cypresses.Open DoorsNo. 9
A quiet tiled room with a pointed window open to the sea, blue shutters folded back and a jug and cups on the sill in the evening light.Sea WindowNo. 10
A wooden deck under a timber beam, a blue chair and a small table set for tea, looking over an iron rail to green hills and cypresses.Hill TerraceNo. 11
A roof terrace at dusk with a chair and a small tea table, a brass lantern lit beside an olive in a pot and a town of pale domes fading into the hills.Rooftop EveningNo. 12

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