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02/08/2025

Eight historical paintings in total in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, a highly symbolic place. Two of these have past Spanish🇪🇸 history:

First, Landing of Columbus; showing Christopher Columbus raising the royal banner of the Reino de Castilla. The captains of the ships Niña and Pinta follow, carrying the banner of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel I de Castilla and Fernando II de Aragon.

Discovery of the Mississippi; featuring the Spaniard Hernando de Soto riding a white horse. He is believed to be the first European to see the Mississippi River in 1541.



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01/27/2025

Fuente de Cibeles; The sculptural group in its centre represents Cybele, a Phrygian earth and fertility deity. It has become one of the icons of the city, and it is the spot where Real Madrid’s supporters and players gather to celebrate the team’s trophies as well as partakers of the successes of the Spain national football team

01/19/2025

Puerta de Alcalá is a Neo-classical gate. Around the year 1774, King Charles III commissioned Francesco Sabatini to construct it. One of the symbols of a newborn Madrid!

01/10/2025

El Escorial consists of two architectural complexes: the royal monastery itself and La Granjilla de La Fresneda. During the 16th and 17th centuries, they were places in which the power of the Spanish monarchy and the ecclesiastical predominance of the Roman Catholic religion in Spain found a common architectural manifestation. It has become a monastery of the Order of Saint Augustine.

12/29/2024

It is the largest royal palace in Europe.

It has 135,000 m2 (1,450,000 sq ft) of floor space and contains 3,418 rooms.

12/18/2024

wont be in Spain this xmas, but we’re back with content!!!🎄🎄🎄

Check our Linktree in the bio, as the website keeps getting updates. Very slowly, but surely.

This pic was in Madrid last xmas 2023!

10/19/2024

Something we people from Guadalajara sometimes forget is that, according to INE data in 2023, we are the second most populated city in the Castilla-La Mancha region. This area in Spain has five provinces: Guadalajara, Toledo, Albacete, Cuenca, and Ciudad Real. Not a joke!

10/14/2024

Details inside of “Palacio del Infantado” in Guadalajara

09/30/2024

Key spots in Guadalajara, the capital:

- Palacio del Infantado, and related
- Fuerte de San Francisco
- Calle Mayor
- Capilla Luis de Lucena
- Puente Árabe
- Panteón de la Condesa de la Vega del Pozo, and related
- San Ginés, Santa María, San Nicolás, and other churches

Among others…



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09/30/2024

Check it out!

Check out EnjoySpainn’s video.

09/22/2024

Checkpoint,

The arrow points to Guadalajara, the city and capital of the province named after the same name. As we can see, it is fairly close to Madrid.

Every red star represents villages or sites to consider when visiting Guadalajara province for its historical significance.

Every green star or circle indicates spots to keep in mind when exploring Guadalajara province for its natural beauty.

Additionally, we are working on a couple of lists highlighting attractions in Guadalajara, the city, as well as restaurants where you can enjoy typical meals in both the city and the province.

09/02/2024

Our 100th post here! Only the beginning…

Calle Mayor,

Centrally located street in Guadalajara where you can experience the city’s historical atmosphere. Currently, it begins at San Ginés, mentioned in our previous post, and ends at the Palacio del Infantado, which was also covered in a post and is likely the most prominent monument in Guadalajara today

08/27/2024

San Ginés in Plaza de Santo Domingo,

Its construction began in 1561, when members of the Dominican order were asked to design a large temple. The original plans could not be carried out and, despite the donation of 1,000 ducats from Archbishop Bartolomé de Carranza, the works were interrupted in 1566. For this reason, the dimensions of the current church are half of those initially planned.

The temple of San Ginés should follow the model of Santo Tomás in Ávila or San Esteban in Salamanca, having a façade of the “tapestry” or “altarpiece” type, with two large buttresses and bell gables at the top, and a large arch to embed the access door

08/05/2024

Trillo,

In Roman times, it was already a well-known town, located in the border region between Carpetania and Celtiberia. Its population was consolidated after the Reconquista at the end of the 11th century, during the reign of Alfonso VI the Brave



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07/28/2024

Tamajón,

Two kilometres to the north is the Hermitage of the Virgen de los Enebrales, the local Patron saint. Built in the 16th century, it was extended in the 18th century.

The “Enchanted City of Tamajón” is also close by, an area where the local limestone has been eroded and forms fanciful shapes and caves

07/20/2024

Cogolludo,

It forms part of the comarca of La Serranía and was the manorial home of the Dukes of Medinaceli

07/14/2024

Cifuentes,

The origin, like many in the region, dates back to the times of the conquest of the Taifa of Toledo by the Christians of Castile, by the end of the 11th century. In the 12th century, with the reconquest of Cuenca, it became the head of the archpriest, growing and becoming the largest urban center in the region