Its entrance is secured by an iron gate consisting of a pattern of rectangular plates in its lower part surmounted by a dragon. This gate is five meters wide, but has only one wing! It is fixed to a single door-post approximately 10 meters high. Any conventional symmetrical gate of the same size would be oppressing. Not so the iron dragon. | ![]() |
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This creature with its mouth open showing sharp teeth should protect the gardens of the estate, just as a winged dragon protected the garden of three lovely nymphs in Greek mythology. Whenever you open the door the dragon will raise his leg and show his fearsome claws. |
© MCMXCVII by J. Georg Friebe
& Vorarlberger Naturschau, Dornbirn (Austria)
last update 08.06.1997