juancar347 (72)in #photography • 23 hours ago[ENG-SPN] From Babel to Madrid / De Babel a MadridIt would not be unreasonable to suppose that, millennia after the dramatic story of the Tower of Babel, which was…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 2 days ago[ENG-SPN] A fantasy castle / Un castillo de fantasíaLike the Roman Arch of Medinaceli, the legendary castle of Torija, is another of those metaphorical lighthouses, used…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 3 days ago[ENG-SPN] Myths of the Monsacro / Mitos del MonsacroIts location and its peculiar architecture are not, in any way, coincidental. Nor will we ever know who, in reality…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 7 days agoBurgos y su fantástica iglesia de San NicolásLa Ruta Jacobea, también llamada, Camino de las Estrellas o, simplemente, Camino de Santiago, tiene, en la ciudad de…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 8 days agoGoya's firesThere was a well-known Spanish writer who once stated that God created the cat so that men could caress a panther.…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 9 days agoThe beautiful acquaintanceUntil relatively recent times and with the exception of the pilgrims who arrived in Palencia, as an invaluable part of…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 10 days ago[ENG-SPN] Saint John: happy Summer Solstice / San Juan: feliz Solsticio de VeranoThe Night of San Juan has already been left behind, which, for a few hours and marking the Summer Solstice, opens the…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 11 days agoThe Sistine Chapel of the Spanish Baroque: San Antonio de los AlemanesSomeone once insinuated that the spirit of Baroque Art and Architecture was conveniently summed up in the title of one…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 13 days ago[ENG-SPN] Medieval Chapter Houses / Salas Capitulares medievalesWithin the different stages or elements that made up the imposing and elaborate medieval monasteries, which, due to…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 14 days ago[ENG-SPN] Architectures and mysteries / Arquitecturas y misteriosThere are places, located in the most remote part of those innumerable pilgrimage routes, which, in many cases took…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 15 days ago[ENG-SPN] Time of pilgrimages / Época de romeríasWithin the historical, artistic and cultural wealth of a country like Spain, so old and at the same time, so rich in…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 16 days ago[ENG-SPN] From the Architecture of Antonio Palacios / De la Arquitectura de Antonio PalaciosIf in Barcelona at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, architects of the stature and genius…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 17 days ago[ENG-SPN] Villasayas: where time stops / Villasayas: donde el tiempo se detieneLocated a short distance from Barahona, a town that enjoys having had intense witchcraft activity in those dark and…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 18 days ago[ENG-SPN] Trees, myths and Marian apparitions / Árboles, mitos y apariciones MarianasPossibly Tolkien was the modern author, who, with the perseverance of his enormous creative capacity, delved deeper…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 19 days ago[ENG-SPN] Veruela and the supernatural origins of Bécquer / Veruela y los orígenes sobrenaturales de BécquerCuriously, the period of stay of the Bécquer brothers, Gustavo and Valeriano, in the Veruela monastery, occurred in…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 20 days ago[ENG-SPN] A heritage landmark of medieval Navarra / Un hito patrimonial de la Navarra medievalNavarra, despite the historical discrimination of that first chronicler of the Saint James Way, who was the…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 21 days ago[ENG-SPN] Daydreams in the port / Ensoñaciones en el puertoThere are those who think, and I also believe it, that water, comparatively speaking, is like the Lamb of God, who…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 22 days ago[ENG-SPN] Dark stories / Historias tenebrosasHistory and its secrets. Some so sordid and brutal that knowing them produces irrevocable spasms of terror. Many…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 23 days ago[ENG-SPN] A surprising place in Madrid / Un lugar sorprendente de MadridSurely, it is not an exaggeration to suppose that we owe, in large part, to the French architect, Violet le Duc, the…juancar347 (72)in #photography • 24 days ago[ENG-SPN] The legend of the Walker / La leyenda del CaminanteMaybe my particular Odyssey, that heroic need to take to the roads with the imperative need to one day reach that…