Our beloved hometowns...

[Amapola]

This thread is a tribute to our beloved hometowns, or cities, regions etc that are dear to us for some reason. it is intended to be home of pictures, principally, but also of old illustrations, paintings, folklore tales, history, news or any personal remark.

Granada
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EENfahpyxTk/RVAAmkgSABI/AAAAAAAAAEs/OI86uuf9Q4k/100_2591.JPG
The most emblematic Hotel of Granada since 1800... closed in 1999.

http://policiadegranada.com/photogallery/Tranvias%20en%20la%20calle%20Reyes%20Catolicos%20% 28Granada%20antigua%29.jpg
Tram in Calle Reyes Católicos.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/17577887.jpg
Puerta de los Siete suelos.

http://admin.anticuarioruizlinares.com/Almacen/DZcm3D34uaN79a.jpg
Old engraving, Granada.

http://www.guillenet.es/FBibarra.jpg
Bibarrabla, Granada.

http://www.saber.es/web/biblioteca/libros/estampas-de-ferias-mercados-siglos-xviii-xx/html/imagenes/img065.jpg
Gate of the Vivarrambla. Granada

http://sjsm.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/san-juan-de-la-cruz.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_the_Cross

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Acueducto_carmen_martires.jpg
Aqueduct in el Campo de los mártires.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/458691714_95b032318e_b.jpg
Campo de los Mártires

http://www.arqueologiamedieval.com/fotos/Alhambra_MRM_Globos_25_G.jpg
Alhambra

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/429841571_afd61c6534.jpg?v=0
Bridge over the lake of the Mártires.

http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/blogfiles/manolo-1925/FUENTEDELJARD%C3%8DNROM%C3%81NTICOIII-02..jpg
Fountain, Campo de los Mártires.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/3411965930_98da0daf5f.jpg
Fountain dedicated to Philip II, Campo de los Mártires.

http://img.diariodelviajero.com/2009/11/carmen.jpg
Jardin de la Rosaleda, Carmen de los Mártires.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_TvkfS6SdWzY/R8FiFHnLtQI/AAAAAAAAGCk/Oz4ailM53UQ/CARMEN+DE+LOS+MARTIRES+%2838%29.jpg
http://www.bodas.net/emp/fotos/1/0/8/7/9/Diapositiva33.JPG
Palacio de los Mártires, excellent place for wedding celebrations.

[Amapola]

What is a Carmen?
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Granadino

http://fotos.ideal.es/200909/261331882_67eb4714cb_o-640x640x80.jpg
Hotel Alhambra palace

http://www.funci.org/es/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/B1.jpg
Carmen de los catalanes.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2LQDxGRZvSE/R_S2WOGaz0I/AAAAAAAAAVk/fluZngKbecs/s400/ronconi.jpg
Carmen de Ronconi

http://artezubia.blogspot.es/img/carmen5.jpg
Carmen Rodríguez Acosta

http://m0.11870.com/multimedia/pro/carmen-san-miguel_pxl_dc7b89d99df733ef8e5088a68088a9f2.jpeg
Carmen de San Miguel, former dwelling of Mijáil Ivánovich Glinka.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OltGj0yEzvM/SXN-oXQA09I/AAAAAAAAAKA/20xLwWVnEx4/s400/torres+bermejas+desde+alcazaba.jpg
Torres Bermejas

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/19589402.jpg
View from La Calle del Aire Alta

http://static.andaluciaimagen.com/Lavadero-de-la-Placeta-Puerta-del-Sol--Granada_59472.jpg
La Puerta del Sol, Granada.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_yUiGCJvTHD0/R_6fhRhqYDI/AAAAAAAAEko/MUnZ2F4fjxo/P1000710.JPG
Campo del Príncipe

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/21427333.jpg
Campo del Príncipe, with the Alhambra Palace Hotel at the background

http://fotos.laverdad.es/201001/p1177448.jpg
El Cristo de los favores, Campo del Príncipe

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_yUiGCJvTHD0/R_6fwxhqYHI/AAAAAAAAElI/RsovlRZ4FDU/P1000721.JPG
San Cecilio, Granada.

[Eldritch]

http://www.greetings.fi/

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[Stefan]

This isn't my hometown, although my hometown is now trashed, but here is the city I've lived in for about 6 years now so I guess it is a newly adopted one. The pictures were taken by me. It is alright, but I wouldn't label it as "beloved". There isn't much history to it. It is probably a good example of a small suburb.


http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2976/moto0122v.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9113/moto0437.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3498/moto0126.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2937/moto0439.jpg

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6679/moto0450.jpg

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1678/moto0117.jpg

Here is a picture I've posted before of the valley. I did not take this one.


http://www.poconohomeforeclosures.com/images/wyoming%20valley.jpg

Here is the town I lived my first two years, and my mother's hometown. It is much more interesting.
Here is a photo gallery filled with tons of great pictures, labelled.
http://www.jimthorpe.org/photos/JimThorpePA/index.html
A few websites.
http://www.jimthorpe.org/
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/
Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania

Some more pictures from many sources.

http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/mauchchunk0034.JPG
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/mauchchunk0028.JPG
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/mauchchunk0036.JPG
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/mauchchunk0037.JPG
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/race8x11s.jpg
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/8c52683r.jpg
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/Cust10023.JPG
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/IM000095.JPG
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/photos/IM000082.JPG
http://www.jimthorpepa.com/jtphotos/images/prevs/prev1.jpg
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p87796-Pennsylvania-Jim_Thorpe_PA.jpg
http://www.scenicrailexcursions.com/sites/tdefranco/_files/Image/Jim%20Thorpe%20PA.jpg
http://aphr.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/jim-thorpe-pa.jpg
http://005e109.netsolhost.com/park/images/IM000984.JPG
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles31034.jpg
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles47035.jpg
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles4519.jpg
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles30995.jpg
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles47037.jpg
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles2812.jpg
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles3785.jpg

[Piparskeggr]

First settled in 1635, incorporated as a town in 1774...I've had family in the area since the mid-1640's.

Block Brook, which runs through the biggest park in town:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3542/3821537716_1d56f3a82a_o.jpg

Part of the old Aschenbach Farm, which is adjacent to the park:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/3821538030_0a73b2c7bf.jpg

The old White Church, congregation founded in 1698, built circa 1800 - 1805; still in use as a private residence and recording studio:
http://www.west-springfield.ma.us/Public_Documents/WSpringfieldMA_Historian/HistoricTour/DrivingTour/3Q.jpg

Blacksmith shop on the fairgrounds in town; apprenticed there one summer.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EFELb3iAkf4/SM51l-JVeZI/AAAAAAAAAY8/3r-vOO-5a0I/HPIM1402.JPG

Beerhall at our annual agricultural fair for all 6 New England States:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EFELb3iAkf4/SNpU9EVMCII/AAAAAAAACFA/SsiaBSZg5mU/DH020820.jpg

The early 18th century tavern on the fairgrounds where Anita and I had our wedding reception:
http://www.thebige.com/village/images/TavernOutside.jpg

The Robinsons: Cathy, me, my dad Stewart, my mom Jean, Anne Marie and Leonard at my parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary in June 2006:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/medhelp_images/user_photos/108407?1256495736

My parents' home; the tall, straight tree to the side is a black oak I planted the day Anita and I were engaged in 1978, other trees are sugar maples...picture is from 2006 (Leonard, dad and Anita):
http://s3.amazonaws.com/medhelp_images/user_photos/131404?1269733512

[Don]

TOLEDO

(There are 16 cities sharing the name of this city, but this one is the first one, the mother one).

Located in heart of Castilla, it's history begins 4000 years ago, in the bronze ages, dwelt by one of the celtic tribes that conform the actual castilians origin and genetic basis, Carpetanos, fierous and misterious people, beheaders, whose druids worshiped the stones, trees, fountais and the forces of nature, including the death (sacrifice), and more than 300 gods and spirits. They resisted the invasion of Hannibal and romans, whose finally governed Iberia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetani
http://www.clubaventuraalcobendas.com/images/galeria/vista-de-los-montes-carpetanos_66.jpg
http://www.terra.es/personal/jgs00014/Historia/Imagenes/Carpetanos1.jpg
Kn1z5imqHAQ
In spanish, little reminder of their dark and misterious cults.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Ethnographic_Iberia_200_BCE.PNG

The visigoths stablished their capital and core of their nation in Toledo, acting as we all know, as the main Christianity expanders (and destruction of the ancient cults of these celtic and iberian cultures of the major part of the Spaniard population).
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4kd1nXmRAYs/RmB4qKpQtbI/AAAAAAAAAqg/-IC6hcewHgs/s1600-h/Img_2924.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R1Lw-trfz5I/ShUemeHMxRI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/oRegmYsORog/s320/visigodos.jpg

Later, came the muslims due to a treachery of the visigothic greed for power and Toledo was their main target. Most of the population fled to northern kingdoms free from islamics and the rest stayed forced to convert to islam as Mozárabes. Toledo was a great problem to Al-Andalus due to the continuous rebelions against the invaders until the liberation came from the avenging reconquistadores, who easily freed the city and their sons.

The rest of the history of Toledo is pure glory, as cultural center (La escuela de traductores, "translator school") and forge of Spain. The three cultures lived together for a while until 1492 when the 2 foreigner people were finaly kicked.
http://images.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__GLBiYIC0cE/SxVW8GzQyVI/AAAAAAAABBI/4vw6zlx9SfI/s1600/7.jpg&imgrefurl=http://siendomalos.blogspot.com/2009_11_29_archive.html&usg=__UGxi00H04y9-ORFBS8Y6z0iee5U=&h=1067&w=1600&sz=231&hl=es&start=2&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=qf29Nmqwsi_NVM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmoros%2By%2Bjud%25C3%25ADos%2Btoledo% 26um%3D1%26hl%3Des%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Des-ES%26tbs%3Disch:1
Sinagoge decorated by moor artisans in christian territory, Toledo.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Souvenirs_from_Toledo.jpg
Was the forge of Spain and their smiths, armors and swords, the most valued during centuries in all europe (and still are).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Souvenirs_from_Toledo.jpg

The amount of legends and myths about Toledo is awesome, the called Ciudad Imperial, Ciudad de las Tres Culturas o Ciudad Ancestral, is the mother that saw me born as many more before me of my family as has been doing with so many souls since 4000 years ago.

http://www.uark.edu/depts/flaninfo/4213webpage06/%20Images/greco_toledo.jpg
Toledo by El Greco, circa 1600.
http://pixelaris.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/toledo.jpg
http://images.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://www.coloredhome.com/toledo/toledo017.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.coloredhome.com/toledo/toledo.htm&usg=__nrsjOW_82lrTObjDlVtyVzcIuK0=&h=768&w=1024&sz=208&hl=es&start=100&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=gIwo4m9WWvOcyM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtoledo%26start%3D80%26um%3D1%26hl%3De s%26client%3Dopera%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Des-ES%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/3811740064_771538194a.jpg
http://www.mat.ucm.es/~ln06/imtoledo/toledo-15.JPG
http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/imagen/espadas-toledo/toledo.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z93wAiuamyk/SDBJ3OukDPI/AAAAAAAAARM/eR6_KDIYjMU/s400/Alcazar_toledo.jpg


http://fotos.euroresidentes.com/fotos/Toledo/images/Toledo%20(10).jpg
Will we enter the city?

Vamos.


Museo de la Santa Cruz
http://imgpe.trivago.com/uploadimages/50/26/5026473_l.jpeg
http://images.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://www.spaincenter.org/turismo/toledo/fotos/toledo-088.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.spaincenter.org/turismo/toledo/toledo-museo-santa-cruz.htm&usg=__OHsx879rT6ZdwGzL2cOwP1MVA7U=&h=1050&w=1400&sz=488&hl=es&start=13&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=LjgtQpLb90Zn5M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmuseo%2Bde%2Bla%2Bsanta%2Bcruz%2Btole do%26um%3D1%26hl%3Des%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Des-ES%26tbs%3Disch:1

Puerta del Sol de Toledo.
http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/imagen/espadas-toledo/sables-toledo.jpg
http://images.travelpod.com/users/coco_acg/segovia.1160920800.puerta_de_sol_coco_toledo.jpg
http://fotos.euroresidentes.com/fotos/Toledo/images/Toledo%20(1).jpg
(Sorry, I do not have a medieval photo of guardians with armor and Swords)

http://www.viajesylugares.es/espana/toledo/images/puerta-del-sol-1.jpg

http://fotos0.mundofotos.net/2009/24_03_2009/mundo_imag1237892623/alcazar-de-toledo-toledo-espana.jpg

http://images.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://www.coloredhome.com/toledo/toledo017.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.coloredhome.com/toledo/toledo.htm&usg=__nrsjOW_82lrTObjDlVtyVzcIuK0=&h=768&w=1024&sz=208&hl=es&start=100&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=gIwo4m9WWvOcyM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtoledo%26start%3D80%26um%3D1%26hl%3De s%26client%3Dopera%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Des-ES%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7637802.jpg

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/xfp/3491027330/#large

http://blog.pqliar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/toledo.jpg
http://www.teatronarea.com/typo3temp/pics/6dd86a4919.jpg

http://en.fontecruz.com/repositorio/imagenes/4cuadros/fontecruz-palacio-eugenia-montijo-toledo.jpg

http://www.viajes.es/europa/espana/castilla-la-mancha/toledo/toledo-callejon-del-diablo-l8.jpg
Just one Toledo Street with tourists. These streets were famous for hiding in the nights of past centuries, assassins and rogues, witnesses of infinite sword and dagger duels and ambushes. Only fools or great swordmen dare to travel Toledo on night those centuries. But of course... every toledano has a great sword and is a great swordsman... ¡En guardia!
http://www.novilis.es/alatriste.jpg


....

I forgot one element very popular in the outsides of Toledo, actual capital of Castilla La Mancha.
http://www.lacerca.com/imagenes/magazine_thumb/dfb9763c89dbf6590524285546e6ebba.jpg
Yes, Don Quijote.
http://www.depts.drew.edu/engl/events/marathon/PicassoDonQuixoteSancho.jpg
Well, I think is enough for now.

-Alana, he cumplido como hombre de palabra, mi tributo a la vieja ciudad que ha sido madre de una parte de mi estirpe durante generaciones perdidas en las sombras de la historia, que, aunque humilde ofrenda, baste para que los alienos a nuestra vieja y gloriosa España disfruten o languidezcan de una de tantas muestras de gloria contenida en frías imágenes.-

[The Lawspeaker]

Amersfoort (prov. Utrecht): (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/2006-04-14_17.08_Amersfoort_kerk.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/2006-06-02_13.03_Amersfoort%2C_brasserie.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Amersfoort-c-the_river.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Tinnenburg.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Koppelpoort_Amersfoort_2008.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Sint_joriskerk_te_Amersfoort.JPG

http://www.gildeamersfoort.nl/images/photoslice/fotos/Muurhuizen.jpg

http://www.vestingsteden.nl/uploads/file_486b37e127cccMuurhuizen05.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Kei2.jpg

[Don]

mistake-

[Don]

Sorry, I duplicated.

Please, continue with this wonderful thread.

[Radojica]

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5693/pancevocoatofarmsrf0.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7995/bynight08.jpg

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2669/pancevo01.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8806/pancevo02.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3537/3320128470_656c314ddc_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3201404034_7327b57a2f_o.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2prgvwl.jpg
(not photoshop :rolleyes2:)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2l6d6o.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/29n8neq.jpg

http://www.smedia.rs/vesti/slike/news_1472.jpg

http://www.pancevo.co.rs/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/pancevo.jpg

http://www.pancevo.org/files/images/IMG_8572.preview.jpg
(Protestant church)
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Vlastimir/2872780-uspenska_crkva-Pancevo.jpg
(Orthodox church)
http://i6.tagstat.com/image01/5/df37/000t000JtYT.jpg
(Catholic church)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2zs6wiw.jpg

http://www.pancevo.org/files/images/IMG_8874.preview.jpg
(Museum)

http://www.pancevo.com/town/photo/images/52.jpg
(the oldest brewery on the Balkans, built in 1722)

http://www.airban.net/pancevo_11.jpg

http://www.uizs.mpravde.gov.rs/media/17/photo/pancevo001.jpg
(Prison in the downtown of Pancevo :rolleyes:)

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/boris1988/IMG_0009.jpg

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2731/21/13/72115645978/n72115645978_2796171_3033042.jpg

http://www.airban.net/pancevo_1.jpg

http://www.airban.net/pancevo_4.jpg

http://www.airban.net/pancevo_6.jpg

http://www.airban.net/pancevo_9.jpg

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr91/Tale-as/PA100074.jpg?t=1246049837

[Amapola]

By no means I am close to this place, but I just needed 3 minutes to make it "beloved" to me. It's in the north (Cantabria).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2110/2411124425_1865cc8913.jpg
Zarcea, Polaciones, Cantabria.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2172/2410447736_e3dd31bdc7.jpg
Polaciones, Cantabria.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2983295919_b0326bd75d.jpg
Valle de Polaciones, Cantabria

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3303987237_99f6fe02fe.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/3303867193_807258947a.jpg
Cordillera Cantábrica

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4257452942_6d0dbd5b87.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/3281183895_6ce5621ea2.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/1727924613_8e50b2d545.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1010/875647622_b3018eb76b.jpg

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/501ca1c9bf0be9ad94ce60c379446747

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/cf6fa573987e4fd700ab9f2016c69b38

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/b6066fa9382587b2122a59e3f6c1e219

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/89ad333b9d251a5c5162cf441eac57b3

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/e6b12838fadf3f6df8089cdaff2e74d2

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/7f98bc9ef66760248e26bad673f270dc

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/f62efa6b1205ad1d1bfcbf9ff386c89e

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/7f8fb34d6a0775affca2f5755ac5a3c1

http://d9ptcxk3xvglv.cloudfront.net/86efc2e9fca6b0c4d8900c9766e050c6

Menhires de Sejos

http://pejanda.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc01618web.jpg

http://sp2.fotolog.com/photo/34/16/77/cantabria_viva/1238768806496_f.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yiUTS8Psh70/Sy60zyJWcKI/AAAAAAAABAI/CDxzP5YYzcY/s400/piedra+jinca+sejos.jpg

http://www.cantabriajoven.com/polaciones/fotos/sejos3.jpg

[Radojica]

Oh my :shocked: :love:

[Amapola]

My über Southern hometown Motril

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo274/jmgarcia_bucket/Feb2009Bup1484.jpg
http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo274/jmgarcia_bucket/Feb2009Bup1483.jpg
http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo274/jmgarcia_bucket/Feb2009Bup1482.jpg
http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo274/jmgarcia_bucket/Feb2009Bup1481.jpg
Seafront
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/marmazetka/09%20Motril/IMG_0596.jpg
The park with the silly statues.. :mad:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/marmazetka/09%20Motril/IMG_0595.jpg
So silly...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/marmazetka/09%20Motril/IMG_0593.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/marmazetka/09%20Motril/IMG_0589.jpg
The park.
http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/albatroscep/motriljejeje2.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk306/bartdc1/DSC00499.jpg
Fancy climbing? :p
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x81/caminoverde/HPIM0936.jpg
Camino verde.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x81/caminoverde/HPIM0930.jpg
Same
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/colettesmith/7fa427cd.jpg
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd297/GabyJA78/A78V/fs92008-04-1221-05-54-96.png
From the air
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk306/bartdc1/DSC00500.jpg
Heading up to Motril.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk306/bartdc1/DSC00497.jpg
Coast road between Málaga and Motril
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk306/bartdc1/DSC00496.jpg
Same
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk306/bartdc1/DSC00495.jpg
Sigh... I love the Mediterranean.

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk306/bartdc1/DSC00491.jpg
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http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af194/hbarnwell/granada/IMG_6848.jpg

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af194/hbarnwell/IMG_6666.jpg
Cans

[Amapola]

Tabernas (Almeria) (my great-grandmother's town).
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e282/indalo75/viajes/100_2416.jpg
It's a desert-like place.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/shpongle81/Paisajes/tabernas-01.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/shpongle81/Paisajes/tabernas-02.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/shpongle81/Paisajes/tabernas-03.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/jennysdreamroom/desert_Tabernas.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/jennysdreamroom/desert_Tabernas_.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/jennysdreamroom/tabernas_spaghetti-western.jpg
Spaghetti Westerns used to be shot here.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/m_a_r_c_b_r_o_w_n/MainLand/x1prGu8csMKJzGH2ZUrrOb243GpjYgM5r8U.jpg
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http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/m_a_r_c_b_r_o_w_n/MainLand/20060422Cavalry02N.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/m_a_r_c_b_r_o_w_n/MainLand/20060506Echo09N.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/m_a_r_c_b_r_o_w_n/MainLand/20060715HeartLp05N.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/m_a_r_c_b_r_o_w_n/MainLand/20060417Inspiration05N.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/m_a_r_c_b_r_o_w_n/MainLand/20060313SilverSpur03N.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/m_a_r_c_b_r_o_w_n/MainLand/20041113LowerBox01N.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/m_a_r_c_b_r_o_w_n/MainLand/20031014GilaBox06N.jpg

[Osweo]

My Manchester.

In verse...
L61okbUrdg0

...and in song;
CM1C0pTVdBM

(Perhaps a Mod could move this out of the Spanish section? I'm not the first to put their foreign hometown in the thread! :p)

[Amapola]

No need for that. Anybody can post. :P

[SilverKnight]

estan hermosas :D

[Eldritch]

Some rooftop snaps, taken earlier today by your humble servant:

[SilverKnight]

Ávila, Castilla y León


http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2549/800pxmurallasdevila.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/i/800pxmurallasdevila.jpg/)

Recientemente la acabe de conocer al navegar la web. Es una ciudad a la que me e quedado facinado, no solo por su increible arquitectura en las edificaciones, y sus calles pero tambien las enormes murallas que la rodean.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8013/3684561786bb415c5267.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/3684561786bb415c5267.jpg/)

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4421/3683737913249c873374.jpg (http://img514.imageshack.us/i/3683737913249c873374.jpg/)

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8713/17237227040613bdf488.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/i/17237227040613bdf488.jpg/)

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6678/36837532637dfb52d5b2.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/i/36837532637dfb52d5b2.jpg/)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6181/384732865518f6f0dca3.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/384732865518f6f0dca3.jpg/)

[Eldritch]

Here's an intriguing (and quite flattering) article (http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/06/13/stories/2010061350260800.htm) about Helsinki from The Hindu magazine of India, mainly focusing on churches and cathedrals.

(I've replaced some of the pictures.)


Time Out

Designed to please


RANJITA BISWAS


Declared “World Design Capital” for 2012, architecture, covering a wide range from neo-classical to functionalist to art nouveau buildings, is an important aspect of the experience of Helsinki…

When I heard that the Temppeliaukio Church is made from one granite slab it was hard to believe. Seeing is believing.

http://www.temppeliaukio.fi/english/img/temppeliaukio1.jpg

Unusual structure and great acoustics: The Rock Church.

...

I hopped into a bus to go to the city centre. The travel card sold by the transport department here is pretty convenient. With it you can travel in all modes of transport and is valid for 48 hours from the time it's first used.

The hotel gave a front view of the central railway station (Rautatieasema). It is a grand building and its tall clock tower can be spotted from afar. The huge façade with two pairs of statues holding the spherical lamps somehow remind me of Soviet-era buildings though the designer was Finnish.

http://www02.oph.fi/etalukio/kuvataide/kurssi2/kuvat/kuva12.jpg

...

A variety of styles


Helsinki is famous for its architectural beauty. Its central area is beautifully situated on a peninsula surrounded by the sea. On the evening of our arrival we had an introduction to this as we set out to have dinner at the Kappeli restaurant on the Esplanade. Lights from inside blinked through the stained glass walls. The main building has continued its tradition of hospitality from 1864. All around were imposing buildings whose beauty I discovered only the next day in the morning light.

...

Driving around near Kauppatori (the Market Square and Market Hall) I saw a beautiful fountain with a woman's figure. Helsinki is often called “the daughter of the Baltic” and this fountain is the city's symbol.

http://lipas.uwasa.fi/ktt/lasktoim/photoff/h19993/99072105.jpg

The main square of Helsinki, called Senate Square, is vast and located near the waterfront. Built in the fashion of St. Petersburg Square and designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, a gifted Russian architect of German descent, in summer it holds musical concerts etc.

At the centre of the Square is a monument to Emperor Alexander II created by the famous Finnish sculptor Walter Runeberg. The statue is surrounded by four allegoric sculptures — Law, Peace, Light and Labour. The University Library next to the University on one side was built in 1844 and is considered one of the most beautiful of Engel's buildings.

For me, however, the building that immediately drew attention was the white Empire style 19th century Lutheran church to the north of the Senate Square, another of Engel's creations. Its facade is held up by Corinthian columns. The building was completed only after his death and was consecrated in 1852.

http://donnerwetter.kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/FinnishForForeigners/JanKuvat/Senaatintori-edusta-superiso.jpg

The other church I remember, in a completely different style, was the ornate Russian Orthodox Church — the Uspenski Cathedral (1868) in the Katajanokka district, which is an island actually.

Locals often refer to it as the Onion Church due to the shape of the golden domes. Built in Byzantine style and made of red-brick. It is the largest functioning Russian Orthodox cathedral in Western Europe. The interior is richly decorated and full of valuable icons.

A variety of architectural styles...

http://www.lomamatkailija.com/skuvat/helsinki/uspenskin-katedraali.jpg

It was a Sunday when I visited it and the service was on. The service is, however, held in Finnish language. It was a moving experience to watch the rituals and the faithful dipping their fingers in a bowl of water kept at the entrance before going forward to light a candle or pray.

Indeed, Helsinki has some of the most interesting churches. How about a Rock Church, a more contemporary addition?

When I heard that church is made from one granite slab it was hard to believe. Seeing is believing. So I trooped into this 1969 construction at Töölö. It was actually built as a result of competition which was won by two architect brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen. They wanted to do something “unusual” and unusual it is. People first thought it was sheer madness, but they did it.

Striking structure


In local lingo it is Temppeliaukio Church, but Stone Church or Rock Church is the popular name. The unique architecture, the entrance is almost underground, lends the church great acoustics and it is a popular venue for concerts. In fact, a rehearsal was going on when I visited the church and it was the most unusual concert hall I had ever experienced — in a church ensconced in a rock enclave with a roof like a copper dome which spans 70 feet.

http://images.travelpod.com/users/nancy.chappell/1.1248000649.rock-church-temppelinaukion-kirkko.jpg

Music and Finnish identity


Recently Helsinki was declared as the ‘European Capital of Culture'. Music, art, and architecture are woven deeply into Finish culture. Visiting the Sibelius monument convinced me of that. It had snowed the previous night and the ground at the park was pristine white and a little slippery. In this background, edged by woods and rugged rocks, a very unusual construction shone in the sunlight. It is in memory of Finnish composer Sibelius whose music played a significant role in the formation of the Finnish identity. This projection is a visual expression of the way Sibelius' music depicts nature. A competition was organised by the Sibelius society (they love architectural competitions, don't they?) and it generated tremendous interest and there was even a debate between supporters of abstract and figurative art. The present work seems a happy combination of both. The memorial resembles organ pipes and welded together from 600 pipes and weighs over 24 metric tons. A viewer can even enter inside and the echoes and sounds generated by the structure are really something.

...

On the way back from the outskirts of the city, I saw a few men sitting patiently on a frozen sea. Meditating? No, they were ice-fishing, a favourite winter sport. Finns are fish-lovers and crayfish, pickled herring and roe salmon are some of their gourmet choices.

Back in the hotel, the most welcome thought after the day out was relaxing in a Finnish sauna, famous all over the world.

[Amapola]

I went to La Calahorra yesterday, in Granada and took the pics.

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0071.jpg?t=1277157042

As odd as it sounds, this dilapidated house it's on sale; it musg have belonged to a noble man.

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0072-1.jpg?t=1277157042

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0073-1.jpg?t=1277157210

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0074.jpg?t=1277157266

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0075.jpg?t=1277157418

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0078.jpg?t=1277157923

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0076.jpg?t=1277157506

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0077.jpg?t=1277157590

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0079.jpg?t=1277158084

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0079.jpg?t=1277158149

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0080.jpg?t=1277158149

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0081.jpg?t=1277158266

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0082-1.jpg?t=1277158421

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0083.jpg?t=1277158506

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0085-1.jpg?t=1277158770

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0093.jpg?t=1277158875

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0094.jpg?t=1277158978

Abandoned house: :O
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0095.jpg?t=1277159036

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0096.jpg?t=1277159111

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0097.jpg?t=1277159222

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0098.jpg?t=1277159279

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0103-1.jpg?t=1277159350

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0101.jpg?t=1277159547

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http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0104-1.jpg?t=1277159709

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0106.jpg?t=1277159832

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0108.jpg?t=1277159953

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0109.jpg?t=1277160034

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0110.jpg?t=1277160140

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0111.jpg?t=1277160140

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0113.jpg?t=1277160387

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http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0120.jpg?t=1277160595

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http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/Christabelgeraldine/IMG_0134.jpg?t=1277161109

[Radojica]

ohhhh :shocked: