MANHOLE COVER LOVERS

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From Vilnius

Example from Trieste, Italy.

An advertisement manhole cover in Amsterdam:

Two similar manhole covers in Amsterdam. On top you can see an image of the ‘Magere Brug’ (‘skinny bridge’), a famous bascule bridge in the city:

Manhole Cover. Nirvana. Animal Crossing.

Example from Trieste, Italy.  

Hi Chepin, Here's another animal manhole cover:

Hoof on, Mark!

Example from Trieste, Italy.  

MANHOLE COVERS FROM LIMERICK IRELAND, COURTESY OF BRIAN O'KELLY

TWO FROM PENN COATE IN PARIS

Example from Trieste, Italy.  

From Allison Buck, Bologna, Italia.

Example from Palmanova, Italia.

Manhole covers in the Dutch city Den Haag (also known as ‘s-Gravenhage and The Hague). The stork is part of the coat of arms of The Hague, and apparently also of the manhole covers :-) 

TWO JOANNE FROM PAROS, GREECE

These are great Covers Heleen: many thanks!

Example from Palmanova, Italia.

El Paso, Texas, USA

Two examples from Palmanova, Italia.

Example from Udine, Italia. 

San Pancho, Califas, USA

Example from Udine, Italia.

TWO SWEDISH ONES FROM JONNY AND MARGARITA

Some great designs on these manhole covers!

My son sent me this "old" one from a street in central Athens, 1932!

in Athens from 2002:

Example from Udine, Italia. 

Example from Kalisz, town in Poland. 

Example from Kalisz, town in Poland. 

NOWZAWONSEN, JAPAN -- from Jane Adams

Example from Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italia.

Los Angeles, CA  USA

Los Angeles, CA  USA

A MANHOLE COVER POSTCARD FROM HELEEN: bedankt!

A (Boring?) Postcard of a manhole cover from Rio de Janeiro. "One of a series of 12 silkscreen Manhole-cover" photos by Paul Baars, 1981

TWO SPANISH AND ONE FRENCH BORING POSTCARDS FROM MIKEL U -- thanks once again, Mikel.

Sallou, Spain

Mallorca, Spain

Central Porch, Bourges Cathedral, France

FROM JOANNE & THEMIS -- BLACK BUOY HILL, WIVENHOE, ESSEX, ENGLAND

The green building at the left of the postcard is one of the (many) pubs in Wivenhoe. I used to drink there. The University of Essex is in Wivenhoe, and many, many years ago Joanne and I used to work in the Government Department there

Boring or Interesting Manhole

Example from Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italia. 

Three manhole covers in Breda, the city of Ruud, in the Netherlands:

Above showing the coat of arms of Breda;

below: ‘u staat hier op het hoogste punt in Breda’ means ‘you’re standing on the highest place in Breda’

(luckily there is this manhole cover, because without manhole covers people might stand below..)

TWO FROM MY VILLAGE, SIGEAN: I THOUGHT I HAD PHOTOED ALL OF THE LOCAL ONES, BUT DISCOVERED TWO MORE ON THIS MORNING'S WALK WITH DO GHI

FROM COLLIOURE, FRANCE: "THE SEA STARTS HERE" (Picasso, Braque, Matisse and many other famous C19 & C20 artists hung around here -- for the manhole covers?)

FROM KYOTO, JAPAN: MANHOLE COVER AND STREET TILE FROM DAVID HERMAN

Manhole Cover, Kyoto Japan

Not a Manhole Cover but a tile that is found all over Kyoto. The bird is the symbol of Kyoto  (a very 'Mondrian' photo)

ANOTHER THREE FROM KYOTO, JAPAN -- FROM DAVID HERMAN

A LOT MORE FROM KYOTO, JAPAN, FROM DAVID HERMAN

FOUR MORE FROM DAVID HERMAN IN KYOTO,  JAPAN

("You don't expect me to take more photos of manhole covers for you on my birthday [he is 45 today], do you Dad?" "Yes, why not?"]

KYOTO STADIUM MANHOLE COVER FROM  DAVID HERMAN