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Barcelona Cathedral Cloister

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:39:46 PDT

The Cloister of the Barcelona (Spain) Cathedral dates from the 14th century and has 13 geese, one for each year in the life of the Santa Eulalia (a Christian martyr tortured and killed by the Romans). It is considered, that the geese protect rest of the solvent townspeople buried near to the...

The Sobrarbe Cross

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:05:11 PDT

Just outside the medieval village of Ainsa (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain) there is a shrine commemorating the battle won by the Christians against the Muslims (8th Century). According to legend the christian forces were by far outnumbered by their Muslim adversaries. They overcame their enemies...

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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:34:05 PDT

This is a detail from a small fishing boat in Puerto Viejo of Algorta-Getxo (Basque Country, Spain). 2007-07-29.

Calle de la Santa Cruz

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:26:38 PDT

This beautiful street is in L´Ainsa (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain). 2007-01-01.

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Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:02:45 PDT

This photo was taken in Algorta-Getxo (Basque Country, Spain). 2005-11-19.

Andra Mari

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:12:29 PDT

The first centre of population in Getxo (Basque Country, Spain) sprang up around the Church of Andra Mari (Saint Mary) in the 12th century. It largely dates from the 18th century and it is in keeping with the typical Baroque designs of the time in Bizkaia, although some much older details still...

Eduardo and the Holly Week

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:51:17 PDT

This photo was taken on Good Friday in the way to the castle of Boltaña (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain). 2007-04-06.

Casa Pablo

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:49:23 PST

Casa Pablo (Pablo's house) is in Boltaña (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain). 2004-08-27.

Heiligenkreuz

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:27:37 PST

Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross), in the Vienna Woods (Austria), is known for a famous abbey founded by Duke Leopold III in 1135 for Cistercian monks. The abbey church, with an impressive arcaded courtyard and column of redmarble, has been the object of many a pilgrimage. 1994-07-15.

Santa María façade

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:57:14 PDT

The main façade offers the most well-known stamp to us of the Burgos (Castille and León, Spain) Cathedral; two twin towers (13th C) decorated with big windows, enhanced with numerous sculptures. They emphasize: a great rosette, whose center is a star of six ends or "seal of...

inner light

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:26:21 PDT

This tomb, a work by Gil de Siloé (15th Century), is in the Chapel of the Concepción and Santa Ana in Burgos Cathedral (Castille and León, Spain). 2004-05-29.

dog life II

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:11:03 PDT

This photo was taken in Donostia-San Sebastián (Basque Country, Spain). 2005-09-07.

Santa Eulalia in Olsón

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:53:31 PDT

Known as Sobrarbe's Cathedral, Santa Eulalia is on late Gothic stile (16th Century) and stands out for its faultless constrution. This church is in Olsón (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain). 2004-08-27.

the branch

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:09:10 PDT

This photo was taken in L’Ainsa (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain). 2007-01-01.

Santa María de Mediavilla Cathedral tower

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:57:58 PDT

The tower is the oldest element of the Santa María de Mediavilla Cathedral in Teruel (Aragón, Spain), dating from the year 1257, and displaying its Mudéjar origin and brick architecture most clearly. The tower is one of ten Mudéjar monuments of Aragón that form p

Begoña

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:22:08 PDT

She is a component of the Hermandad Penitencial Nuestra Señora de Begoña band during Holy Week 2006. This photo was taken in Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) on 2006-04-02.

Ayasofya

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:36:20 PST

Ayasofya in Istanbul (Turkey), also called Hagia Sofia, built as a cathedral by Justinian I in the sixth century and turned into a mosque during the Ottoman Period. 2001-08-11.

Santa María del Mar

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:56:26 PST

Buried in the small streets of the Bari Gotic in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), the Santa Maria del Mar Church, from the 14th century, is one of the most important buildings in the Catalan Gothic style. This is one of the main bell towers seen from a narrow side street of the Gothic Quarter. Notice...

Aixerrota Mill

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:43:49 PST

This is the 17th century Aixerrota Mill in Getxo (Basque Country, Spain). 2003-04-15.

the light goes away

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:22:55 PST

This photo was taken in Santa Mar�a de Buil (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain).

Santa Mar�a Church in Castro Urdiales

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:15:31 PDT

The church of Santa María de la Asunción in Castro Urdiales (Cantabria, Spain), from the 13th to the 15th centuries, is the most significant example of Cantabria's Gothic architecture. 2006-03-18.

Holy Week

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:20:48 PDT

In Holy Week, the harder the bass or tin drum is beaten, the better, and even if bleeding hands are the result this will merely be a sign that duty has been fulfilled. This shot was taken in Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain). 2004-04-03.

Holy Week in Boltaña

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:43:03 PDT

This happens on Good Friday at 8 a.m. in the way to the castle of Boltaña (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain). 2005-03-25.

Santa María Street in Castro Urdiales

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:14:00 PST

Castro Urdiales is in Cantabria (Spain). 2006-03-18.

Navaín

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:42:07 PST

The mountain Navaín (1796 m) is in the Pyrenees of Huesca (Spain). 2003-04-23.

good menu

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:47:26 PST

“Good menu” also is the title of a song of the “donostiarras” “Golden Apple Quartet” and in addition it’s a reality to enjoy in this wonderful city that is Donostia-San Sebastián (Basque Country, Spain). At the bottom you can see the Santa María del Coro Basílica (XVIIIth Century).

a prayer...

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:26:30 PST

a prayer... for Jesús Salinas, a friend who died on August 29, 2003. The photo was taken in the cloister of Santa Maria in Ainsa (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain). 2003-08-26.

the crypt of Santa Maria in Ainsa

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:43:03 PST

This is the crypt of Santa Maria in Ainsa (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain). The church in a romanesque style was finished in the second half of the 12th century. 2003-04-22.

the cloister of Santa Maria in Ainsa

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:46:53 PST

The church of Santa Maria in Ainsa (Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain) is a building in a romanesque style and it was finished in the second half of the 12th century. The cloister has plant of irregular pentagon and was constructed between the 14th and 16th centuries.