Girona and the Costa Brava

Girona is a city northeast of Barcelona near the French border. If you're a Game of Thrones fan, it may look familiar. (Season 6 I'm told.). If you read Roman history or historical fiction, you may recognize it as Gerunda.
The old city has been well preserved, making this an important tourist stop even before Game of Thrones.
The 1st picture will look familiar to GoT fans (season 6, I'm told). This is the cathedral in Girona. The 2nd picture is the main entrance to the cathedral. There is a bit of Moorish influence here
The 3rd picture is along the old Roman road, the Via Augustus, that ran through the town here. The 4th picture is a typical side street in the old Jewish quarter.
If you look at the construction techniques, this bridge in the 5th picture may look a bit familiar. It was designed and built by Gustav Eiffel many years before his more famous tower. The entire bridge load is carried by the superstructure you can see. The only substructure is the abutments. The 6th picture is the main square in Girona.
The 7th picture looks at the agricultural landscape of Catalonia between Girona and the coast. There is a hill town called Pals where that picture was taken along with the 8th picture. This church of Saint Peter is a Romanesque building dating back 1,000 years.
The last 2 pictures are at the Costa Brava which most simply is the Mediterranean coast of Spain running south from France. Both picture give a sense of what this region looks like. And the seafood is good!Leggi altro