▼ Is this a mural of an
Italian scene?

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Actually it is of "Garnish Island" off the
southern Irish coast in Co.Cork at Glengarriff.
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Murals and Trompe L'oeil #1
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A 'dead' wall over looked by a restaurant has been
give trompe l'oeil treatment (trick the eye)
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View through a window this image can fool the observer quite
successfully.
The other part of the illusion is provided for by
painted panels which have been secured to the back of these heavy
dark doors again giving visual interest to this otherwise dull
area
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Two mural painted into nieces in a city conservatory
providing views of fantasy gardens |
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One of a lone lemon tree appears here with views to
distant mountains make up this
Italianate styled scene

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