BlogHide Resteemsjuancar347 (72)in photography • 18 hours ago[ENG-SPN] Wild spirit / Espíritu indómitoI usually see him daily, practically, and whenever I see him struggle, like Ulysses enraged to reach Ithaca, he reminds me of that other, enigmatic and also aged Sinbad, who returned to the Islands…juancar347 (72)in photography • 2 days ago[ENG-SPN] Forgotten Roads and Paths / Caminos y senderos olvidadosThey were not always little-traveled or unfrequented paths leading to places that suffered from the eternal sleep of solitude, as they may seem to us today, by decree of a dark fate, of a dark night…juancar347 (72)in photography • 3 days ago[ENG-SPN] They will be known by their traces / Por sus huellas serán conocidosDespite everything, the irreparable loss of what was, the irreparable loss, also, of what is about to cease to be and of all that, scorned by generations who succumbed to the ambivalent paradise of…juancar347 (72)in photography • 4 days ago[ENG-SPN] Lotus-Lotae / Loto-LotaeIn Ancient Egypt, apart from being one of the attributes of the Goddess Isis -whose veil has not yet been contemplated by any mortal- she was also called 'wife of the Nile', due to her abundant…juancar347 (72)in photography • 5 days ago[ENG-SPN] Somewhere in La Alcarria / En algún lugar de la AlcarriaIt's impossible not to remember that other gentleman, Don Guido, the same "thunder dressed as a Nazarene" alluded to in one of his poems by Antonio Machado, and to remember that other emeritus…juancar347 (72)in photography • 6 days ago[ENG-SPN] Oil and Romanesque in Bureba / Petróleo y románico en la BurebaIt was 1964 when news broke that in a very particular area of Old Castile, there could be vast quantities of oil. Some were already dreaming that this territory, rife with the presence of the first…juancar347 (72)in photography • 7 days ago[ENG-SPN] Unpopulated Villages and Uncertainties / Despoblados e incertidumbresYou can still see, in those endless moors that form the natural border between Guadalajara and Soria, those same plains that, when I was in primary school, still represented the Two Castillas, the…juancar347 (72)in photography • 8 days ago[ENG-SPN] The invisible: an uncomfortable reality / Los invisibles: una realidad incómodaPerhaps they belong to that glorious generation of human beings who one day, tired of living a false and meaningless life, decided to put an end to their daily agony, getting off a world in which…juancar347 (72)in photography • 9 days ago[ENG-SPN] Fernán González's Covarrubias / La Covarrubias de Fernán GonzálezToday, my reverie leads me to recall those exciting moments spent on one of the main arteries of the heart of Old Castile, to which belongs an important part of that glorious epic, which, starring…juancar347 (72)in photography • 9 days ago[ENG-SPN] Masters and Apprentices / Maestros y aprendicesIt is true that not all medieval stonemasons possessed the same ability and mastery when it came to building a temple with the appropriate proportions in relation to its corresponding dedication…juancar347 (72)in photography • 10 days ago[ENG-SPN] Waterfalls and Underground Worlds / Cascadas y mundos subterráneosThere are many traditions across the globe that insist on locating, behind these marvelous gifts of Nature, the hidden entrance to unknown, subterranean worlds, where antediluvian races would dwell…juancar347 (72)in photography • 11 days ago[ENG-SPN] The formidable equestrian statue of King Philip IV / La formidable estatua ecuestre del rey Felipe IVIt is said that the rogue king, Philip IV, used some of Madrid's secret tunnels to sneak into certain convents. We will leave the reader to draw their own conclusions about his intentions. We also…juancar347 (72)in photography • 12 days ago[ENG-SPN] The Cursed Castle of La Coracera / El castillo maldito de la CoraceraDespite its solid and restored appearance, unlike many others, it has always had a very bad reputation, and even its gloomy and mysterious interiors were also known, and not precisely in those…juancar347 (72)in photography • 13 days ago[ENG-SPN] Duratón: A Before and After / Duratón: un antes y un despuésThis is, without a doubt, one of the most outstanding examples of Romanesque architecture in a region, Segovia, which, in this respect, is a treasure to be discovered. It also marks the site of one…juancar347 (72)in photography • 15 days ago[ENG-SPN] A paradox called reflection / Una paradoja llamada reflejoThey say, and I believe so too, that rivers are the mirrors where the soul of cities looks at itself every day, dreaming of fantastic identities, in those other random worlds, in which, just like…juancar347 (72)in photography • 16 days ago[ENG-SPN] The enigmatic Castro Caldelas Castle / El enigmático castillo de Castro CaldelasOf the four communities that make up the Mythical Land that is Galicia, where the Celts already had their own Olympus on a mountain, Pando, near the stygian waters of Cape Finisterre millennia…juancar347 (72)in photography • 16 days ago[ENG-SPN] Through the Enchanted Alleys of Betanzos / Por las callejas encantadas de BetanzosBeyond its famous Hobby, the majesty of its architecture, both Romanesque and Gothic, and the outstanding contribution of the Franciscan craftsmen, who, with their apparent austerity, also took…juancar347 (72)in photography • 17 days ago[ENG-SPN] Towers and Legends of the Coast of Death / Torres y leyendas de la Costa de la MuerteIt won't be the first, nor the last, time that my thoughts, unlike Bécquer's dark swallows, return, again and again, and as many times as necessary, to those enigmatic places, whose legends are lost…juancar347 (72)in photography • 18 days ago[ENG-SPN] Soria and its picturesque landscapes / Soria y sus pintorescos paisajesSoria, the aptly named "Castilian Extremadura": a relatively small community, like the finest perfume bottles, exuding legendary, multicultural scents, whose fragrances are replete with the finest…juancar347 (72)in photography • 19 days ago[ENG-SPN] What is priceless / Lo que no tiene precioI have always thought that all opinions are respectable, regardless of whether they do not coincide with my own or are located at the other end of the scale: on that metaphorical equator of thought…
