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February 02, 2006
Moongates
Moongates, a traditional feature of Bermudian architecture, bear a suspicious family resemblence to Stargates. All we need now are some gate addresses.
This is not Bermudian originally but Chinese or Japanese or both, many centuries old. (In July 2004, a Japanese garden with a structure almost identical to what in Bermuda is called a moongate, won a Silver Gilt prize at the Royal Horticultural Society show at Tatton Garden in the UK). The first plan for one in Bermuda was brought from a Chinese garden in 1860 by a local sea captain. He drew the design of a circular, ornamental wooden gateway to a garden or place of inner repose and, once back in Bermuda, built one of his own. It was copied. It has since been adopted by Bermuda as a national symbol.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 2, 2006 08:34 AM
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