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To me, top right looks like taxation is based on width of property. That's how it was done in colonial days in Philly, as you'll see from some of the oldest rowhouses in the city (check out Elfreth's Alley).
Bingo! You see the same thing in Amsterdam, although this is Vietnam.
For the church, typically they are tax exempt and that would be even stranger that a Catholic church would be taxed in Spain. I'm guessing that must have been a historical tax when the church was built, not current day.
Per pew
Per # of bells in the belfry
Per # of spires
Per # of reported child molestation cases in the past 12 months
Floor area of the nave / transept / apse
For the church, typically they are tax exempt and that would be even stranger that a Catholic church would be taxed in Spain. I'm guessing that must have been a historical tax when the church was built, not current day.
Per pew
Per # of bells in the belfry
Per # of spires
Per # of reported child molestation cases in the past 12 months
Floor area of the nave / transept / apse
lol.
Real guess is per # of stained glass windows.
Close on the Spanish church.
In this case, taxes were levied only on a church once it was finished - not during construction. Notice the lack of symmetry: the left-side has an upper "spire" (not sure if that is the correct noun) and there certainly is space for one on the right-side - but it was never built. That way, the specific church was always considered "not yet finished" for tax purposes.
In this case, taxes were levied only on a church once it was finished - not during construction. Notice the lack of symmetry: the left-side has an upper "spire" (not sure if that is the correct noun) and there certainly is space for one on the right-side - but it was never built. That way, the specific church was always considered "not yet finished" for tax purposes.
We've seen "not finished yet" structures on the island of Tortola, also motivated by taxation. There are lots of buildings (at least when we visited) with rebar protruding from the top of the structure so that they remain classified being under construction.
In this case, taxes were levied only on a church once it was finished - not during construction. Notice the lack of symmetry: the left-side has an upper "spire" (not sure if that is the correct noun) and there certainly is space for one on the right-side - but it was never built. That way, the specific church was always considered "not yet finished" for tax purposes.
That would explain the famous La Familia Sagrada church in Barcelona that never gets completed!
And that's some fascinating architecture, though we didn't go inside.
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