New: architecture-travelAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzansteemhive-183959hive-185836hive-180932hive-166405hive-150122photographyhive-144064hive-188619hive-101145hive-184714hive-183397uncommonlabhive-145157bitcoinhive-103599hive-193637hive-193186hive-113376hive-139150krsuccessTrendingNewHotLikersjuancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe Douro and the Arches of San Juan'... enter, then, to the bridge, and, before it, anchor in San Juan de Duero, with its wet river walls, in front of the hermitage of the Virgin and in view of the city. Ah, the sanjuanistas of the…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoAstorga: el Palacio Episcopal de Gaudí o Museo de los CaminosPiensa el peregrino, mientras se aleja despacio de la catedral y sus tesoros artísticos, en esos hombres, extraordinarios, sensibles, superdotados intelectualmente y definitivamente visionarios…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe Seminary of Villalba de la Sierra, the Ventano del Diablo and the Enchanted City of CuencaVillalba de la Sierra, is a town that is located, approximately, a score of kilometers from the capital of Cuenca, being able to add that its passage is little less than obligatory for all those who…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoOlmedo and its Mudéjar Theme Park of Castilla y LeónIn the restless mind of the pilgrim resound, like a deep and distant echo, the mysterious words of a French philosopher, Paul Elouard, who left written for posterity the famous phrase of: there are…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe Way of Return: Santa María de Fisterra'Where I was, even in the thorns who wanted to hurt me, I found that a pigeon I was sewing on your flight my heart with others hearts I found everywhere bread, wine, fire, hands…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoRuins in the countryside: Guijosa and the convent of Jerónimos lost'Nature is an inflexible accountant and always balances her books'. [Arthur C. Clarke (1)] When Arthur C. Clarke - author perhaps best known for his great work, 2001, a space odyssey, taken to…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoArt and environment: the Romanesque hermitage of Guijosa'The place is not in itself, but in substance ...' [Ramón Llull (1)] I guess I would stop honoring the truth, if I did not say from the beginning, that this place not only fascinated me when I…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe Source of the Catalan Genius or the Angel of ProgressSimilar, in that air of arcane when not melancholic bohemian, the Source of the Catalan Genius, more known, possibly and based on the figure that the crown, as the Angel of Progress, shows another…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela: goal of pilgrimsWithout a doubt, it is no longer so, but when it was invented - or rather, when the Way was reinvented, since these and the pilgrimages are as old as the world - Santiago and its cathedral were the…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe enigmatic Atlantean of San Pantaleón de LosaComment C.G. Jung, in that small but at the same time great biography that is his book 'Memories, dreams, thoughts' (1), that being very young, 'could deepen in the world of the enigmatic'. And he…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoPontevedra: The Monastery of San Lorenzo de CarboeiroThere were authors, such as Chamoso Lamas, who claimed, back in the nineties of the last century, that if it were not in ruins, it could appear next to the most splendid specimens of Galician…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe Seal of Solomon of the Cathedral of LeonPossibly the history and relevance of a city like Leon would have changed, if in the year 1168, King Ferdinand II had not decreed a detour on the original Jacobean Route, forcing pilgrims to pass…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoCamino de Santiago: Puente la Reina. The bridge of the pilgrimsBeauty and symbolism, are part of that set of magical implications, which is the Camino de Santiago. It does not matter if one makes the 790 kilometers that must be traveled following the route of…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoSan Pedro de Arlanza and the myth of Byzantium'What majesty is that colonnade of the ambulatory that opens today to the sun, the wind and the rains! How charming the apse! And what an intense melancholy is that ship, today crammed with rubble…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe old cathedral of SalamancaTo be able to enjoy, even if only in part, this magnificent and metaphorical ulyss that is the old cathedral of Salamanca, perhaps it is not so much a matter of luck, and yes, perhaps, a moment of…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoThe Betanzos PastimePossibly at present, his state of semi-abandonment subtracts part of that grace or brilliance that he had in other times; but, paradoxical as it may seem, it confers, nevertheless, that degree of…juancar347 (72)in art • 7 years agoÁvila: the cathedral of San Salvador'Seeing Ávila, one can understand how and from where Santa Teresa came up with her image of the inner castle and the dwellings and the diamond. Because Ávila is a Berroque stone stone gilded by suns…
