You’ve probably read my post about the artwork of Swiss artist Udo Rondinone, Seven Magic Mountains.
Well, here’s Seven Unusual Houses!
While driving around the beautiful countryside near Appenzell, I spotted a huge field with seven identical houses arranged neatly in a row:
OK, I think I can safely rule out the “seven dwarves retirement community!”
Now if this were in the U.S., particular in a place like Texas, this would be easy to explain. Whole villages and towns (complete with banks and schools and train stations) were created by private companies and offered at low cost to European immigrants, to encourage (or exploit) immigration to new areas.
But here in Switzerland? This is something I really need to research!
What motivated me to stop and take this snap was not the houses at all, but the rather unusual crucifix – typically they tend to be stone, but this one was gilded:
