The secret stairs.
Found these break-neck medieval stairs by sheer luck during an imprompto urban photo safari with a friend of mine today.
These stairs seem to be part of the remains of the fortifactions of a little medieval castle. They are hidden, wedged in between two dilapidated industrial buildings which were built into the side of this hill, not paying any attention to monument conservation or anything, probably around the 1950es. From the looks, there used to be more to the left and right in earlier days. Bummer.
Technical:
Shot with a Sony Alpha 700. Fill-in flash using a Meth 48 AF-1. Developed from RAW using PSE5 and Adobe Camera RAW. Sepia effect using Pog's Mono Renditionizer.
PS: This is NO stock image. Do not copy, alter or redistribute without asking FIRST!
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Would look awesome snow-covered too, i bet.
This is definitely a great example of a "Lost Place" - a really cool site that rarely anyone knows that it is there even though probably thousands of people pass along every day just a couple of feet away.
I really have to go on a longer vacation along the river Rhine again at some point and roam around all the ancient castle ruins that are scattered there everywhere.