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The image above shows a special house located in an ordinary street in the city of Colombaro in Italy. The special character is at first sight mainly expressed in the donjon-like roof structure, but the construction has numerous other elements that support the unusual character.
Life and works
The house was built by Franco Ferrari (1923–2009), a mason by profession, who started the project in the late 1950s when he was in his mid-thirties.
Working primarily with cement and wood, it would take him around ten years to complete the three-storey building, which, in addition to the donjon-like roof structure, also includes a more rectangular tower on the roof, as seen in the image above, which shows the creation from a different angle.
In addition to the elements added to the roof, the hand-built house features all sorts of battlements and capitals, several arches, and a staircase running up an outer wall.
After Ferrari died in 2009, the house remained in the hands of the family, who maintained it with care.
Documentation
* Entry on the Italian website Costruttori di Babele, with a series of photos that give a good impression of the creation as a whole and also in terms of details
Franco Ferrari
Self-built castle-like house
Via Tito Speri 17
25040 Colombaro, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy
can be seen from the road
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