Garden C
5. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Keeping up with the Jones'
The 7th Marquis of Villaseca wanted to compete in fashion with the other early XIXth C families so he commissioned this garden.
Common Box, German Iris, DeLavay's MagnoliaWeiterlesen
Well C
5. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Water from the Colodro river enters through the well and into the decorated sink before being ducted throughout the garden.
Bougainvillea and arborvitae
Gardeners' C
5. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
or the vertical courtyard.
Used for tool storage, this one is notable for the wall of Plumbago and Elephant's food.
Quite a comfortable bench too.
Chapel C
5. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The yard was too gloomy to photograph but the reconstructed chapel has some interesting items.
Archives C
5. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Mandarin and Violets in the innermost courtyard next to the archives - more like a storage shed for old stuff.
Random patterns
6. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
One feature of Cordoba or is it of the Muslim influence is the use of repetitive pattern to create an overwhelming effect. So here are a few other ones I found.
Tilting at windmills
6. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
The Flamenco holds exhibits relating the history of the guitar and all the flamenco greats. Touch-screen videos demonstrate the techniques of flamenco song, guitar, dance and percussion. One canWeiterlesen
Triumph
6. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Alongside the Mesquite is the Triunfos erected in honour of St Raphael. It was finished by Miguel Verdiguier, a Frenchman who settled in Cordoba in the 18th century and is responsible for theWeiterlesen
Hammer and sycle
9. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
A little way towards Malaga, I came across the small town of Marinaleda. This was or is famous for being a successful Communist town.
As in Emiglia Romana after WW2, a Communists was elected Mayor inWeiterlesen
Lake District
12. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
This geographical area is known in the Tourist Industry as the "Spanish Lake District" but don't look for any cottages offering Devonshire Teas.
In 1914 the Turon river was dammed to regulate waterWeiterlesen
Olvera
14. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
There is archaelogical evidence of human habitation in this area for more than 12,000 years (Palaeolithic) and historic for 2,000. Another town settled by the Phoenicians and Romans, whonamed it HippaWeiterlesen
Olvera 2
14. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
The XIIth C Fortelleza, built as part of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada's defensive perimeter, (and manned by the famous Granadiers,) has been well restored and commands the countryside at 623m aboveWeiterlesen
Olvera town
15. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Leaving town.
I could have bought 190 sq m of house - a do-er upper -in the old town for 30,000 Euros. But so many Brits have built inappropriate dwellings in Spain that the authorities have made itWeiterlesen
Setenil de las Bodegas
15. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
This intriguing little town originated in caves along the Trejo river, which at least from Arabic times have been turned into houses by the simple addition of facades. Continuous human occupation hasWeiterlesen
Moving on
16. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Before the Romans got here and cleaned up the place, it was inhabited by the Turdistan people. They were not expelled or squeezed out by the invaders: on the contrary of all vanquished people theyWeiterlesen
La Línea de la Concepción
20. April 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Homer records that the Pillars of Heracles were created when Heracles broke the mountain that had connected Africa and Europe. I walked around the British one, 5 km long and 1.2 km wide. Since weWeiterlesen
Bordering on the suicidal
20. April 2018 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The land entry to Gibralter is famous because traffic and pedestrians have to cross the main runway to get in.
It is also famous for the Barbary Macaques whose presence ensures the possession of theWeiterlesen
Emmental cheese
20. April 2018 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
“A mountain with wonderful concavities, which has its western side almost opened by a large cave which may be penetrated far into the interior.” [Pomponius Mela a geographer from Algeciras]
TheWeiterlesen
Time for a pipe
21. April 2018 in Gibraltar ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The Great Siege from 1779-1783 was an attempt by France and Spain to capture Gibraltar while Britain was otherwise engaged with the American Revolution. A fascinating page describing it isWeiterlesen
Chas' wall
21. April 2018 in Gibraltar ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
You may recognise this wall from the pre-title sequence of "The Living Daylights", where James Bond pursues an assassin escaping in a Land Rover.
It was built in 1540 and strengthened in 1552 byWeiterlesen
Dome of the Rock
21. April 2018 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Standing on a monolithic limestone promontory at about 426m ASL. The right side is nearly vertical, all the way down to the Med. The left, West side slopes down at 45 degrees.
It is blowing a galeWeiterlesen
Morter the point
21. April 2018 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Bill Scunthorpe was a solid and unassuming man: when the Governor told him to make a gate in the wall, he asked "With what Sir?"
Well the boss was a Yorkshire man and new exactly how to make aWeiterlesen
Tarifa
5. Mai 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Guess who got here first. Yup, evidence that Palaeolithic and Bronze ages visitors followed by Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians all came for their holidays before the Roman real estate developersWeiterlesen
Twixt the deep blue sea & the not so dps
5. Mai 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
As far South as you can get on the Spanish mainland. On the left is the Atlantic and on the right the Med.
In the distance, on a site identified in 1567 by Anton Van der Wyngaerde (a prolific FlemishWeiterlesen
Casa de la Luz
20. Mai 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
is about 3 km West of Vejer de la Frontera, still in Andalucia. The land, a rough uncultivated campo covered in native, wild (and uneatable ) olive trees, was acquired in by a young English couple inWeiterlesen











































































































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