Interesting photos. A lot of TV travel shows here are promoting this part of the world as a good vacation spot, and even those "relocation" shows are pushing the region as a good place to buy real estate.
Distribution along a facade of terraced buildings seems to be a very common European thing. You see it very occasionally here, but the urban area of Britain all tended to have underground feeds with each building taking its supply separately from under the street.
In pic #6, where do the lines heading off to the lower right from the pole terminate? On a bracket on the house? What's the loose dark-colored line which crosses them at right-angles? It looks as though it comes from the window on the right.
