España - One photo every post - Page 7

eklips · January 31st, 2008, 11:25 AM

Looks almost like it could be in north Mexico.

runi · January 31st, 2008, 11:33 AM

I really love the diversity a country like Spain has to offer

Federicoft · January 31st, 2008, 11:45 AM

Impressive contrasts.

xussep80 · February 1st, 2008, 12:26 PM

Sitges
30 km south from Barcelona (Catalonia-Spain)

Source: www.panoramio.com

frozen · February 1st, 2008, 04:09 PM

Beautiful pic! I love Sitges, when I was younger, I used to go there to the beach

zazo · February 2nd, 2008, 12:18 AM

Monastery of El Escorial/ On Madrid mountains

image hosted on flickr

Chris Takagi · February 2nd, 2008, 03:01 AM

El Escorial is awesome! thanks for posting it

Nuriarami · February 2nd, 2008, 06:21 AM

Due to I posted in the same day, my post has been edited and reposted below

Dinivan · February 2nd, 2008, 11:50 AM

One per day, Nuriarami.

And I think El Escorial looks great from the outside... but the inside is even better, much much better.

frozen · February 2nd, 2008, 03:55 PM

wonderful pics!

Nuriarami · February 3rd, 2008, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dinivan

One per day, Nuriarami.

And I think El Escorial looks great from the outside... but the inside is even better, much much better.

Sorry, you are right... Thanks

I think I'm the first today so, I'm going to delete the content of post #128 and I start another one in a different day

LA RIOJA (Link to official site)

More about La Rioja in
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=577717

frozen · February 3rd, 2008, 07:46 AM

What name has this town got?

Nuriarami · February 3rd, 2008, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frozen

What name has this town got?

Ezcaray

frozen · February 4th, 2008, 12:36 AM

San Vicente de la Barquera/Cantabria/Spain

At the background, snow-covered "Picos de Europa" mountains. (old but beautiful pic

)

image hosted on flickr

from flickr.com

ØlandDK · February 4th, 2008, 11:26 AM

Some amazing pics in this thread. Favorite is the picture of Península de Formentor

thun · February 4th, 2008, 11:49 AM

Nice panorama. Cantabria seems to be very beautiful.

CORLEONE · February 4th, 2008, 05:44 PM

Lovely picture of EL ESCORIAL, last one is great!!!

Nolke · February 5th, 2008, 06:15 AM

Molinos de viento / Castilla-La Mancha

image hosted on flickr

The windmills at Campo de Criptana, in the region of La Mancha, are for sure one of the most typical icons of Spain's landscape. They somehow symbolize the well known passage in Miguel de Cervantes' work Don Quixote, which tells how the main character gets the illusion of seeing evil giants when looking at a group of windmills, probably these very same ones, since most of them date back to the time when this literary work was written. Nowadays there're about a dozen of windmills standing in this place, remainings of bigger extensions which were once ruled by these particular giants.

CHAPTER VIII - OF THE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE HAD IN THE TERRIBLE AND UNDREAMT–OF ADVENTURE OF THE WINDMILLS, WITH OTHER OCCURRENCES WORTHY TO BE FITLY RECORDED.

At this point they came in sight of thirty forty windmills that there are on plain, and as soon as Don Quixote saw them he said to his squire, "Fortune is arranging matters for us better than we could have shaped our desires ourselves, for look there, friend Sancho Panza, where thirty or more monstrous giants present themselves, all of whom I mean to engage in battle and slay, and with whose spoils we shall begin to make our fortunes; for this is righteous warfare, and it is God's good service to sweep so evil a breed from off the face of the earth."

"What giants?" said Sancho Panza.

"Those thou seest there," answered his master, "with the long arms, and some have them nearly two leagues long."

"Look, your worship," said Sancho; "what we see there are not giants but windmills, and what seem to be their arms are the sails that turned by the wind make the millstone go."

"It is easy to see," replied Don Quixote, "that thou art not used to this business of adventures; those are giants; and if thou art afraid, away with thee out of this and betake thyself to prayer while I engage them in fierce and unequal combat."

Picture from flickr.com by anaulin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anaulin...18516/sizes/l/

frozen · February 5th, 2008, 02:14 PM

Beautiful land and post (with a Don Quixot extract ). Thank you!

***Jonesy55*** · February 5th, 2008, 02:20 PM

Is it true that these areas of La Mancha have high rates of insanity due to the high winds?

It is in Volver so blame Pedro Almodovar if it is wrong, not me

January 31st, 2008, 11:45 AM	#123
Federicoft L'importante è la salute Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,432 Likes (Received): 423	Impressive contrasts. __________________ La Teoria della Montagna di Merda

February 1st, 2008, 04:09 PM	#125
frozen Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: [X] Amsterdam, NL-[ ]Pune, India-[ ]Santander, Spain Posts: 1,820 Likes (Received): 1	Beautiful pic! I love Sitges, when I was younger, I used to go there to the beach __________________ FRA:CDG;EGY:CAI;GER:MUC-HHN;IND:BOM-IDR-DEL-PNQ;NED:AMS;SPA:MAD-BCN-SDR-GRO-PMI-BIO-ALC;TUR:IST;UK:LGW-LHR-STN-BOH Düsseldorf/Köln/Cologne/Colonia/Madrid/Santander/Liérganes/Pau & Toulouse/Andorra/Barcelona!/Lleida BILBAO Winchester (U.K.)

February 2nd, 2008, 06:21 AM	#128
Nuriarami Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 57 Likes (Received): 4	Due to I posted in the same day, my post has been edited and reposted below Last edited by Nuriarami; February 3rd, 2008 at 01:25 AM.

February 2nd, 2008, 03:55 PM	#130
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February 3rd, 2008, 07:46 AM	#132
frozen Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: [X] Amsterdam, NL-[ ]Pune, India-[ ]Santander, Spain Posts: 1,820 Likes (Received): 1	What name has this town got? __________________ FRA:CDG;EGY:CAI;GER:MUC-HHN;IND:BOM-IDR-DEL-PNQ;NED:AMS;SPA:MAD-BCN-SDR-GRO-PMI-BIO-ALC;TUR:IST;UK:LGW-LHR-STN-BOH Düsseldorf/Köln/Cologne/Colonia/Madrid/Santander/Liérganes/Pau & Toulouse/Andorra/Barcelona!/Lleida BILBAO Winchester (U.K.)

January 31st, 2008, 11:25 AM	#121
eklips Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Paris Posts: 6,246 Likes (Received): 298	Looks almost like it could be in north Mexico.

January 31st, 2008, 11:33 AM	#122
runi Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 54 Likes (Received): 0	I really love the diversity a country like Spain has to offer

February 1st, 2008, 12:26 PM	#124
xussep80 B@NN€D Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raval (BCN) Posts: 3,858 Likes (Received): 44	Sitges 30 km south from Barcelona (Catalonia-Spain) Source: www.panoramio.com

February 2nd, 2008, 12:18 AM	#126
zazo BANNED Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SKY Posts: 1,296 Likes (Received): 4	Monastery of El Escorial/ On Madrid mountains image hosted on flickr

February 2nd, 2008, 03:01 AM	#127
Chris Takagi Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tokyo Posts: 897 Likes (Received): 1	El Escorial is awesome! thanks for posting it

February 2nd, 2008, 11:50 AM	#129
Dinivan BANNED Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, EU Posts: 690 Likes (Received): 0	One per day, Nuriarami. And I think El Escorial looks great from the outside... but the inside is even better, much much better.

February 4th, 2008, 12:36 AM	#134
frozen Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: [X] Amsterdam, NL-[ ]Pune, India-[ ]Santander, Spain Posts: 1,820 Likes (Received): 1	San Vicente de la Barquera/Cantabria/Spain At the background, snow-covered "Picos de Europa" mountains. (old but beautiful pic ) image hosted on flickr from flickr.com Last edited by frozen; February 4th, 2008 at 01:54 AM.

February 4th, 2008, 11:26 AM	#135
ØlandDK Used User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 4,156 Likes (Received): 53	Some amazing pics in this thread. Favorite is the picture of Península de Formentor __________________ Rate Our Architecture my flickr

February 4th, 2008, 11:49 AM	#136
thun Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,609	Nice panorama. Cantabria seems to be very beautiful.

February 4th, 2008, 05:44 PM	#137
CORLEONE Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shanghai/Madrid Posts: 841 Likes (Received): 4	Lovely picture of EL ESCORIAL, last one is great!!!

February 5th, 2008, 06:15 AM	#138
Nolke Gente chunga Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Shurmanópolis Posts: 3,202 Likes (Received): 103	Molinos de viento / Castilla-La Mancha image hosted on flickr The windmills at Campo de Criptana, in the region of La Mancha, are for sure one of the most typical icons of Spain's landscape. They somehow symbolize the well known passage in Miguel de Cervantes' work Don Quixote, which tells how the main character gets the illusion of seeing evil giants when looking at a group of windmills, probably these very same ones, since most of them date back to the time when this literary work was written. Nowadays there're about a dozen of windmills standing in this place, remainings of bigger extensions which were once ruled by these particular giants. CHAPTER VIII - OF THE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE HAD IN THE TERRIBLE AND UNDREAMT–OF ADVENTURE OF THE WINDMILLS, WITH OTHER OCCURRENCES WORTHY TO BE FITLY RECORDED. At this point they came in sight of thirty forty windmills that there are on plain, and as soon as Don Quixote saw them he said to his squire, "Fortune is arranging matters for us better than we could have shaped our desires ourselves, for look there, friend Sancho Panza, where thirty or more monstrous giants present themselves, all of whom I mean to engage in battle and slay, and with whose spoils we shall begin to make our fortunes; for this is righteous warfare, and it is God's good service to sweep so evil a breed from off the face of the earth." "What giants?" said Sancho Panza. "Those thou seest there," answered his master, "with the long arms, and some have them nearly two leagues long." "Look, your worship," said Sancho; "what we see there are not giants but windmills, and what seem to be their arms are the sails that turned by the wind make the millstone go." "It is easy to see," replied Don Quixote, "that thou art not used to this business of adventures; those are giants; and if thou art afraid, away with thee out of this and betake thyself to prayer while I engage them in fierce and unequal combat." Picture from flickr.com by anaulin http://www.flickr.com/photos/anaulin...18516/sizes/l/

February 5th, 2008, 02:14 PM	#139
frozen Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: [X] Amsterdam, NL-[ ]Pune, India-[ ]Santander, Spain Posts: 1,820 Likes (Received): 1	Beautiful land and post (with a Don Quixot extract ). Thank you! __________________ FRA:CDG;EGY:CAI;GER:MUC-HHN;IND:BOM-IDR-DEL-PNQ;NED:AMS;SPA:MAD-BCN-SDR-GRO-PMI-BIO-ALC;TUR:IST;UK:LGW-LHR-STN-BOH Düsseldorf/Köln/Cologne/Colonia/Madrid/Santander/Liérganes/Pau & Toulouse/Andorra/Barcelona!/Lleida BILBAO Winchester (U.K.)

February 5th, 2008, 02:20 PM	#140
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