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| Urueña (Valladolid - Castillia Y León), Spain |
Showing posts with label Urueña. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Urueña. Show all posts
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Thursday, October 24, 2013
shades of brown
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| Urueña (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain |
Every shade of brown imaginable is found throughout this village in the heart of Castilla y León. Its rooftops create a beautiful sight for the eyes with the blue sky as a backdrop.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Clay roof tiles
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| Urueña, (Valladolid - Castilla y León) Spain |
There is a wall surrounding Urueña which was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. This picture was taken from the wall-walk, which is still intact today, allowing you to stroll around most of this medieval town's perimeter from where you can see the Castilian landscape on one side of you and the clay roof tiles of this fortified town on the other.
I particularly like walking around the wall high up to get a glimpse of these typical tiles covering the entire village. I love clay roof tiles! (Catching a sunset from here isn't too shabby either!)
Notice the stork nest on the bellfry in the distance.
(Santa María de Azoque church - built in the 16th-18th centuries)
Thursday, February 21, 2013
the fields of Castilla
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| Urueña, (Valladolid - Castilla y León) Spain |
It doesn't take long for the green fields to turn brown after a few days under the hot sun. This picture was taken from the walls surrounding a very small Castilian village called Urueña, which was also declared Villa del Libro (Book town) in 2007, one of only two in Spain and over 30 in the world. Standing at the village walls you have a 360º view of the fields surrounding this fortified medieval town with the majority of its houses made of adobe. An 11th century Romanesque church/hermitage (Nuestra Señora de la Anunciada) can be seen in the distance along with two dovecotes, one square and one circular, a common sight in Castilla.
Image of the walls of Urueña taken from: http://mariocrespo.blogspot.com.es/2013/01/uruena-villa-del-libro-una-cronica.html
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