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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
Showing posts with label Simancas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simancas. Show all posts
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
the stillness underneath
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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
"To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and the joy underneath the pain is freedom, salvation, enlightenment."
-Eckhardt Tolle
Saturday, November 28, 2015
beauty as we feel it...
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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
"Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said."
-George Santayana
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
among the pine trees
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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
This pine grove makes up almost 1000 hectares (roughly 2,400 acres) and is a great place to come to get away from life in the city. Biking, rollerblading, walking, horseback riding and having picnics are just some of the things which can be done here.
Friday, May 29, 2015
a building full of history
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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
The Archive of Simancas holds and catalogs many of the historical documents that made Spain what it is today.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
General Archive of Simancas
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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
The first official archive for the Crown of Castille was founded in 1540 in the castle of Simancas.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
medieval bridges
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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
A Roman bridge once stood here, but nothing remains from that bridge. This bridge was rebuilt in the 13th century containing Romanesque and Gothic features.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
the land of clay roof tiles
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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
The tower of the church of El Salvador dates back to the 12th century while the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 16th.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
sky
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| Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
"The sky is the daily bread of the eyes."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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