BlogHide Resteemsjuancar347 (72)in photography • 22 hours ago[ENG-SPN] From Babel to Madrid / De Babel a MadridIt would not be unreasonable to suppose that, millennia after the dramatic story of the Tower of Babel, which was, furthermore, a recurring motif also among the great artists of all time, Humanity…juancar347 (72)in photography • 2 days ago[ENG-SPN] A fantasy castle / Un castillo de fantasíaLike the Roman Arch of Medinaceli, the legendary castle of Torija, is another of those metaphorical lighthouses, used as a reference by travelers and pilgrims who left behind the arid sunny days of…juancar347 (72)in photography • 3 days ago[ENG-SPN] Myths of the Monsacro / Mitos del MonsacroIts location and its peculiar architecture are not, in any way, coincidental. Nor will we ever know who, in reality, was that mysterious Frater Rodericus to whom the Asturian-Leonese monarchs…juancar347 (72)in photography • 7 days agoBurgos y su fantástica iglesia de San NicolásLa Ruta Jacobea, también llamada, Camino de las Estrellas o, simplemente, Camino de Santiago, tiene, en la ciudad de Burgos una cita ineludible, que, independientemente de los peregrinos, que…juancar347 (72)in photography • 8 days agoGoya's firesThere was a well-known Spanish writer who once stated that God created the cat so that men could caress a panther. Following the thread of this meritorious reasoning, it could also be suggested that…juancar347 (72)in photography • 9 days agoThe beautiful acquaintanceUntil relatively recent times and with the exception of the pilgrims who arrived in Palencia, as an invaluable part of those fundamental destinations that made up that great diversity of milestones…juancar347 (72)in photography • 10 days ago[ENG-SPN] Saint John: happy Summer Solstice / San Juan: feliz Solsticio de VeranoThe Night of San Juan has already been left behind, which, for a few hours and marking the Summer Solstice, opens the door of the supernatural and releases into the world all that rich and diverse…juancar347 (72)in photography • 11 days agoThe Sistine Chapel of the Spanish Baroque: San Antonio de los AlemanesSomeone once insinuated that the spirit of Baroque Art and Architecture was conveniently summed up in the title of one of the masterpieces of the distinguished writer, Lope de Vega and, by default…juancar347 (72)in photography • 13 days ago[ENG-SPN] Medieval Chapter Houses / Salas Capitulares medievalesWithin the different stages or elements that made up the imposing and elaborate medieval monasteries, which, due to their conception and grandeur, could be said to have formed small 'cities' in…juancar347 (72)in photography • 14 days ago[ENG-SPN] Architectures and mysteries / Arquitecturas y misteriosThere are places, located in the most remote part of those innumerable pilgrimage routes, which, in many cases took advantage of the old Roman roads, which, in addition to taking the pilgrim to…juancar347 (72)in photography • 15 days ago[ENG-SPN] Time of pilgrimages / Época de romeríasWithin the historical, artistic and cultural wealth of a country like Spain, so old and at the same time, so rich in testimonies of that great adventure of Humanity, which is Evolution, whose…juancar347 (72)in photography • 16 days ago[ENG-SPN] From the Architecture of Antonio Palacios / De la Arquitectura de Antonio PalaciosIf in Barcelona at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, architects of the stature and genius of Antonio Gaudí stood out, exponents of a very new intellectual movement…juancar347 (72)in photography • 17 days ago[ENG-SPN] Villasayas: where time stops / Villasayas: donde el tiempo se detieneLocated a short distance from Barahona, a town that enjoys having had intense witchcraft activity in those dark and superstitious medieval centuries and lost in this part of the happy Soria…juancar347 (72)in photography • 18 days ago[ENG-SPN] Trees, myths and Marian apparitions / Árboles, mitos y apariciones MarianasPossibly Tolkien was the modern author, who, with the perseverance of his enormous creative capacity, delved deeper than any other into that fabulous universe of legends, myths and symbolism…juancar347 (72)in photography • 19 days ago[ENG-SPN] Veruela and the supernatural origins of Bécquer / Veruela y los orígenes sobrenaturales de BécquerCuriously, the period of stay of the Bécquer brothers, Gustavo and Valeriano, in the Veruela monastery, occurred in the years between 1863 and 1865: precisely, those that determined one of the…juancar347 (72)in photography • 20 days ago[ENG-SPN] A heritage landmark of medieval Navarra / Un hito patrimonial de la Navarra medievalNavarra, despite the historical discrimination of that first chronicler of the Saint James Way, who was the Benedictine monk, Aymeric Picaud, continues to be, not only a fertile land, of beautiful…juancar347 (72)in photography • 21 days ago[ENG-SPN] Daydreams in the port / Ensoñaciones en el puertoThere are those who think, and I also believe it, that water, comparatively speaking, is like the Lamb of God, who washes away all the sins of the world. That, more or less, is one of the images…juancar347 (72)in photography • 22 days ago[ENG-SPN] Dark stories / Historias tenebrosasHistory and its secrets. Some so sordid and brutal that knowing them produces irrevocable spasms of terror. Many, unfortunately, have to do with those small 'papal states', comparatively speaking…juancar347 (72)in photography • 23 days ago[ENG-SPN] A surprising place in Madrid / Un lugar sorprendente de MadridSurely, it is not an exaggeration to suppose that we owe, in large part, to the French architect, Violet le Duc, the sponsorship of some classic styles of European Architecture, who, welcoming the…juancar347 (72)in photography • 24 days ago[ENG-SPN] The legend of the Walker / La leyenda del CaminanteMaybe my particular Odyssey, that heroic need to take to the roads with the imperative need to one day reach that metaphor of the Labyrinth, which, at its core, is Ithaca, really began here, on the…
