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Mar de Olivos, Jaen

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:06:15 -0700

[Olive-tree sea, Jaen, Andalucía, Spain]

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Palacio de Jabalquinto, Baeza

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:06:15 -0700

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Jabalquinto Palace's entrance gate is sided by two cylindrical pilasters with Plateresque capitals with mocárabes, and between them are decorations in the same style. In the interior are a Renaissance courtyard and a Baroque staircase. [from Wikipedia]

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Calles de Baeza, Jaén

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:51:51 -0700

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Baeza is a town of approximately 16,200 inhabitants in Andalusia, Spain, in the province of Jaén, perched on a cliff in the Loma de Baeza, a mountain range between the river Guadalquivir on the south and its tributary the Guadalimar on the north.

It is chiefly known today as having many of the best-preserved examples of Italian Renaissance architecture in Spain. UNESCO added Baeza and Úbeda to the World Heritage Sites list in 2003. [from Wikipedia]

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Iglesias en Carmona, provincia de Sevilla

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 05:14:03 -0700

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Carmona is a town of south-western Spain, in the province of Seville. Carmona is built on a ridge overlooking the central plain of Andalusia; to the north is the Sierra Morena, with the peak of San Cristobal to the south. The city is known for its thriving trade in wine, olive oil, grain and cattle, and holds an annual fair in April. [from Wikipedia]

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Se Necesitan Clientes, No Es Necesaria Experiencia

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 05:15:05 -0700

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[Customers needed, no experience required] :-)

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Merlons of the Almodovar del Río castle

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:40:09 -0700

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Almodovar’s Castle is a military fortress originally build by the Arabs in 740 taken an advantage of an ancient building of primitive period. Playing an important part in the defense of Córdoba for its strategic location dad is situated on a hill about alongside the Guadalquivir Rivir at that time navegable by small Rivir boats.

After the reconquest by Ferdinand III “The Saint” the Castle was subjected to severals expasions by the Spanish Kings specificly by D. Peter I of Castille and Henry II from Trastámara. Afterwards in 1629 the Castle was sold by King Philip IV to Fransisco Corral y Guzmán and since then the Castle belongs to the same family.

In the present, the Castle keeps his magnificents state thanks to a big restauration carrried out by D. Rafael Desmaissieres y Farina XII Count of Torralba during this restauration from 1901 till 1036 when the Spanish Civil War started. [from www.castillodealmodovar.com]

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Almodovar del Río castle

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:35:06 -0700

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Castillo de Almodovar del Río

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:35:30 -0700

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To infinity ... and beyond!

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:00:08 -0700

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[taken at Medina Azahara museum, Córdoba, Spain]

Medina Azahara, meaning "brilliant town" is the ruins of a vast, fortified Arab Muslim medieval palace-city built by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, (912–961) Ummayad Caliph of Córdoba, and located on the western outskirts of Córdoba, Spain.

It was an Arab Muslim medieval town and the de-facto capital of al-Andalus, or Muslim Spain, as the heart of the administration and government was within its walls. Built beginning in 936-940, the city included ceremonial reception halls, mosques, administrative and government offices, gardens, a mint, workshops, barracks, residences, and baths. Water was supplied through aqueducts.

The main reason for its construction was politico-ideological: the dignity of the Caliph required the establishment of a new city, a symbol of his power, imitating other Eastern Caliphates. Above all, it demonstrated his superiority over his great rivals, the Fatimids of Ifriqiya in Northern Africa. Legend also says it was built as a tribute to the favourite of the Caliph: Azahara.[from Wikipedia]

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Almodovar del Río castle, Córdoba, Spain

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:48:55 -0700

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Castillo de Almodovar del Río, Córdoba

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:41:19 -0700

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Almodóvar del Río, Córdoba

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:08:58 -0700

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Balcones en Carmona, Sevilla

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:49:08 -0700

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Carmona is a town of south-western Spain, in the province of Seville, built on a ridge overlooking the central plain of Andalusia; to the north is the Sierra Morena, with the peak of San Cristobal to the south. The city is known for its thriving trade in wine, olive oil, grain and cattle, and holds an annual fair in April. [from Wikipedia]

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El Caminito del Rey, Málaga

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:12:08 -0700

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El Caminito del Rey (English: The King's little pathway) is a walkway, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Álora in the province of Málaga, Spain.

In 1901 it became apparent that workers at the hydroelectric power plants at Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide for transport of materials, and for the inspection and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway took four years and it was finished in 1905.

In 1921 King Alfonso XIII crossed the walkway for the inauguration of the dam Conde del Guadalhorce and it became known by its present name.

The walkway is one metre in width, and rises over 100 metres above the river below. Constructed of concrete resting on steel rails supported by stanchions at around 45 degrees into the rock face, it is currently in a highly deteriorated state and there are numerous sections where part or all of the concrete top has collapsed. The result is large open air gaps that are bridged only by narrow steel beams or other support fixtures. Very few of the original handrails exist but a safety-wire runs the length of the path. Several people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years and after two fatal accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed both entrances [from Wikipedia]

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Desfiladero de los Gaitanes, Málaga

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:12:08 -0700

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Mezquita Mayor de Granada

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:11:19 -0700

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Acera del Darro, Granada

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:56:47 -0700

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Panorámica de La Alhambra, Granada

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:56:47 -0700

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I know, I know, it is very deformed, but it looks fun :-)

Alhambra (Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء‎, trans. al-Ḥamrāʼ; literally "the red one", feminine; in colloquial Arabic: el-Ḥamra ), the complete form of which was Calat Alhambra, is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was constructed during the mid 14th century by the Amazigh ruler Badess Ben Habuss of the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada.

The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty. After the Reconquista (reconquest) by the Reyes Católicos ("Catholic Monarchs") in 1492, some portions were used by the Christian rulers. [from Wikipedia]

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Salón de Comares, Alhambra

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:24:35 -0700

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Arches on the Alhambra

nobody@flickr.com (monchoparis) — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:24:35 -0700

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