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The Swamp Tower near Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyruins@lemmy.world

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[–] mwproductions@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Edit: OP updated the image, so the below no longer applies.

Original comment:

The image on the right is not the interior of the structure on the left. The right is a photo of an initiation well (also at Sintra).

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Fuck. Let me edit it, then.

[–] simplicio@lemmy.eco.br 11 points 3 months ago

Those pictures are not of the same tower. The one on the left is indeed the swamp tower of Pena Palace, but the one on the right is the Inverted Tower in Quinta da Regaleira. Both in Sintra, Portugal.

Nonetheless both are amazing by itself! (And the whole Sintra region)

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel like I've seen this in an anime movie but I can't place it.

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Makes me think of Shadow of the Colossus.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

Ah, Liurnia of the Lakes.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago

It looks like it's grabbing it's cheeks like in Home Alone

[–] Audacious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Have a wallpaper of this, never knew what it was until now.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

In an alternate reality where Trump was held accountable for his crimes, the seized Trump Tower would be renamed Swamp Tower