Graz–Feb. 19, 2025

Did quite a bit of walking today; I took the #6 streetcar out to the St. Peter Cemetery stop and later walked back to Jakominiplatz.

Yesterday I commented about seeing something on a building for the first time. Today it happened again; I have passed this building at least twice a day, and I never noticed this sculpture until today:

Sculpture of laughing man crouched on top of buidling.

Sculpture of crouching, laughing man on top of building.

Or this one on a nearby building...

Sculpture of person in flowing robe under a green umbrella-like awning

And I’ve seen this sundial at the Hauptplatz many times, but this is the first time it was sunny enough to see that yes, it really works!

Sundial with shadow close to 10 am (the correct time)

The rest of these are ones I haven’t seen before.

Sculpture of young boy holding a piece of chalk and a slate.

This one is interesting; instead of digits, the clock face has letters that spell out „WACHE UND BETE“ (watch and pray; Mark 14:38 [I had to look it up])

Clock face on church with letters instead of numbers: WACHE UND BETE (watch and pray)

Same clock tower, but more of the church in the photo.

Church tower with angel sculpture on nearby roof of church

Some real medieval religious stuff going on here...

Angel with sword above a cowering figure of death

And a (fairly typical) roof sculpture

And now, a break for something a bit more modern; the sculpture is near the TU (Technical University) Graz.

Back to the old stuff...

two lions beside baking tools and wheat stalks

knight with gold helmet and staff with gold flag

Sculpture of bear above lintel; on storefront, „Gasthof Bären“

I’ve been past this one several times as well. Again, this is the first time I actually noticed it.

And finally, this advertisement with a very cleverly modified red bell pepper.