Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Castle of São Jorge

Castle of São Jorge

Original - The Castle of São Jorge occupies a commanding position overlooking the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and the Tagus River beyond. The fortified citadel, which dates from medieval times, is located atop the highest hill in the historic center of the city. The castle is one of the main historical and touristic sites of Lisbon.

Reason: Quality+EV
Articles this image appears in: Castle of São Jorge and Lisbon
Creator: Massimo Catarinella

Support as nominator --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 20:39, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I should say that this is not a picture of the castle, it is a picture of the houses next to it that manages to capture the whole castle. Sadly enough, cropping it, I think, either will eliminate some portion of the castle or make the picture ugly. I see that the castle has this sort of stairway that would be difficult to isolate from the houses if we want to include it in the picture. Except for this mistake of the composition, I think, for the Wikipedia purposes it is a good picture. Now it comes to my mind that maybe the houses are part of the castle. Maybe someone knowing about the Castle of São Jorge can explain this. If this is the case I have no objection about the picture. Franklin.vp 21:12, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The castle is located in a citadel, which is quite big as you can see in the picture (look for the wall above the houses). You can only access the castle by first entering the citadel. The entrance to the citadel is on the other side of the one shown in this picture. Before you arrive at the gate, you have to make your way through a residential neighborhood, which is built around the citadel as shown in the panorama. Since the castle, citadel and surroundings are so much woven into one another, I think it is best to show them all in one panorama. Also, the composition would be damaged if I would crop the picture otherwise. Some of you have expressed to see more of the surroundings as stated below at the nomination for the Jeronimos Monastery. I only found two good vantage points to take this picture from. One was where this one was taken from and the other one the top of the Santa Justa Elevator (use Google Maps and Street View).--Massimo Catarinella (talk) 21:44, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support, however shouldn't this get added to Lisbon to completely use it's EV? As it stands the castle is but a small part of this image. Staxringold _talk^contribs 21:01, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I couldn't find a good spot to insert it in the article of Lisbon, but if you know of one then please do so. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 21:44, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Is there nobody willing to cast their vote? --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 14:24, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak~~ Support I agree that this should be added to Lisbon. It would have better EV there. Otherwise, great shot. Makeemlighter (talk) 16:10, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Full support due to placement in Lisbon article. Makeemlighter (talk) 16:01, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I have also inserted the image in the Lisbon article as requested, after rearranging the history section. --17:42, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted - no quorum. --jjron (talk) 07:36, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]