BlogHide Resteemsjuancar347 (72)in photography • 18 hours ago[ENG-SPN] Behind the walls / Detrás de las murallasIf you are one of those who like to travel in winter and see in the polar landscapes and the cold the seduction of a vital adventure, Ávila is surely a destination that will not disappoint you: you…juancar347 (72)in photography • 2 days ago[ENG-SPN] The magic of carousels / La magia de los carruselesChristmas is coming and with it, the fantasy and magic of some very special objects returns, the carousels, which, in some way, just by looking at them, bring back memories impregnated with the…juancar347 (72)in photography • 3 days ago[ENG-SPN] A place called Peroniel / Un lugar llamado PeronielOn the side of those imposing roads that lead the pilgrim from Aragon to Soria and beyond, to the Castilian villages of Burgos, some small towns still preserve, after centuries, places of worship…juancar347 (72)in photography • 4 days ago[ENG-SPN] A mysterious place called Eunate / Un lugar misterioso llamado EunateThere are places where reality far exceeds fiction, to the point that there comes a time when it is impossible to define the point that delimits the border between the two, a detail that, of course…juancar347 (72)in photography • 5 days ago[ENG-SPN] A medieval relic in the Valley of Silence / Una reliquia medieval en el Valle del SilencioThe Bierzo and its mysteries, a place where the unusual found refuge and in the depths of its heart, the Valley of Silence, there are still enchanted places, where time, with its frenetic march…juancar347 (72)in photography • 6 days ago[ENG-SPN] A place called O Cebreiro / Un lugar llamado O CebreiroOne of the most brutal stretches of the Primitive Way to Saint James of de Compostela is located on the border between León and Lugo, when the pilgrims, leaving behind the emblematic city of…juancar347 (72)in photography • 7 days agoSoria y la ribera encantada del DueroNo es difícil hacerse una idea de por qué este lugar prendó para siempre los corazones de escritores y poetas relevantes, como Antonio Machado, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer y Gerardo Diego: por su…juancar347 (72)in photography • 8 days ago[ENG-SPN] The Meninas in Madrid / Las Meninas de MadridWith autumn here and Christmas almost upon us, creativity is back on the agenda and a new collection of surprising Meninas is once again moving around the centre of a city, Madrid, which has been…juancar347 (72)in photography • 9 days ago[ENG-SPN] The Madrid of the Black Prince / El Madrid del Príncipe NegroHis life must have been singularly disconcerting and it is even possible that, speculatively speaking, he also inspired that sinister and melancholic character that the brilliant English playwright…juancar347 (72)in photography • 10 days ago[ENG-SPN] Speculating in an old medieval washhouse / Especulando en un viejo lavadero medievalThere is no certainty about it, but it is quite probable that the author of some poems, which, in the opinion of eminent literary critics, such as Eugenio D’Ors, resembled ‘an accordion played by an…juancar347 (72)in photography • 11 days ago[ENG-SPN] Visigothic architecture on Spanish pilgrimage routes / Arquitectura visigoda en los caminos españoles de peregrinaciónThere are still sacred enclosures, of certain relevance, characteristic of that notable sacred architecture, which, adopting, as a general rule, a typical cross-shaped plan and basilica…juancar347 (72)in photography • 12 days ago[ENG-SPN] Saint Michael: the rhyme of time / San Miguel: la rima del tiempoThat plump gourmet who was, among other things, the imaginative father of a curious and excellent mystery novel, entitled ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’, G.K. Chesterton, said that any self-respecting…juancar347 (72)in photography • 13 days ago[ENG-SPN] DebodIn that Court of Miracles, as the documented writer Ramón María del Valle-Inclán defined Madrid in the last century, there is also room for the exotic; for that, which, born thousands of kilometers…juancar347 (72)in photography • 14 days ago[ENG-SPN] Medieval apocalypse / Apocalipsis medievalMany of the marvelous medieval Spanish cathedrals contained apocalyptic references on some of their main portals, which determined a fundamental part of the beliefs and fears of the society of the…juancar347 (72)in photography • 15 days ago[ENG-SPN] Those old sea wolfves / Aquellos viejos lobos de marThere is hardly a memory left, more or less romantic, of those brave sailors from the North of Spain, who, imbued more by a peremptory need for survival than by an eminent spirit of adventure, made…juancar347 (72)in photography • 16 days ago[ENG-SPN] The labyrinth of the turtles / El laberinto de las tortugasThey are the descendants of those formidable titans who dominated the planet before the appearance of man, from whose shrouds of silence and amber, Steven Spielberg gave us back the fantasy and…juancar347 (72)in photography • 17 days ago[ENG-SPN] Gaudí: Architecture and Mystique / Gaudí: Arquitectura y MísticaHe died in the most absolute poverty, hit by a tram, without anyone realizing, in reality, who that genius was who was dying, martyred by pain, in the dark and lonely room of a hospital. However…juancar347 (72)in photography • 18 days ago[ENG-SPN] Master Fruchel made me / El Maestro Fruchel me hizoMost of the Magister Muri, that is, the medieval Master bricklayers, were usually anonymous characters who put their knowledge, their art and their work before their name and their category…juancar347 (72)in photography • 19 days agoSecrets of the Burgos Cathedral: the FlycatcherVictor Hugo, in one of his best-known and at the same time most exciting works, highlighted some of the numerous secrets that affect one of the most spectacular cultural beacons of the medieval…juancar347 (72)in photography • 20 days ago[ENG-SPN] Labyrinths / LaberintosBefore Minos and Daedalus used them in their amazing palaces, man, since the dawn of time, was already aware of their strength and power and represented them roughly in that solid book that stone…
