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Juan Carlos Menendez

juancar347-romanica.blogspot.com

Madrid - Spain

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about 23 hours ago

[ENG-SPN] An Ali Baba Cave in the Madrid of the Habsburgs / Una cueva de Alí Babá en el Madrid de los Austrias Madrid, despite being the charismatic Court of Miracles to which the brilliant writer Ramón María del Valle Inclán dedicated most of that magnificent

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2 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Magnetic Alto Tajo / Magnético Alto Tajo There are places in Spain where the earth, torn apart thousands of years ago by a necessary and revolutionary inner alchemy, rescued primordial mountain range

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3 days ago

Along the Forgotten Road: Vallejo de Mena Whether the so-called Old Way or the French Way is the most traveled and, by default, the best known, both by medieval pilgrims who followed the direct

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4 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Of Caves, Myths, Legends, and Traditions / De cuevas, mitos, leyendas y tradiciones Beyond Plato and his famous myth, there is a whole fascinating universe that revolves around this symbolic yet metaphorical inner labyrinth, where the cavern

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5 days ago

[ENG-SPN] The Mystery of the Templar Convent of San Juan de Otero / El misterio del convento templario de San Juan de Otero There is no doubt that Soria, despite the historical ostracism that has always kept it removed from government memory, making it seem, like Teruel, as if it d

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6 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Almazán and the enigma of Tirso de Molina's tomb / Almazán y el enigma de la tumba de Tirso de Molina There is sufficient documentation to support the idea that one of the greatest playwrights of the so-called Spanish Golden Age—who, like Quevedo, also has a d

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7 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Interesting Facts about the Sierra de la Demanda / Curiosidades de la Sierra de la Demanda One of the most unpopulated, mysterious, and at the same time, least-known areas of that phlegmatic heart of Old Castile, Burgos and its surroundings, is foun

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8 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Brilliant Yesterday, Myths Today / Geniales ayer, Mitos hoy It's nice to know that neither time nor oblivion took them away, and even though the world has moved on without them, mourning—what a remedy!—

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9 days ago

[ENG-SPN] A School of Silence / Una escuela del silencio Among others, master German architects from one of the many cities practically razed to the ground by bombing during World War II, Cologne, left part of their

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10 days ago

A Heritage Treasure of Silos Its cloister still preserves the ancient cypress tree praised by the poet Gerardo Diego, which, among other characteristics, he described as a "tall fo

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