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  • View of Toledo, Spain, from across the river where a viewing platform has been established.  This is more or less the vantage point from which El Greco painted his famous view of the city.
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  • Detail of the facade of the College of San Ildefonso, Alcala Henares, an example of the Spanish Plateresque architectural style of the 16th century.  The building opened in 1506.
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  • Toledo cathedral misericord: man pulling a basket along the ground, a woman in the basket gesturing and holding on to the rope he uses to pull her.  Both figures are rubbed and worn,
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4105.jpg
  • Wildly melodramatic Baroque statue of a woman in golden robes holding a golden fish and looking ecstatically upward in a demonstration of faith.  She is in the Sacristy of the Carthusian Charterhouse in Granada, Spain,  built between 1727 and 1764 by Luis de Arévalo and F. Manuel Vasquez
    Cartuja Granada sacristy ESP201210--...jpg
  • Cutout of a torse from an ancient roman statue draped richly in a toga, placed on a plain green background as an illustration.
    Ancient Roman fashion ESP201210--005...jpg
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  • Door to the College of San Ildefonso at Alcala Henares, seen partly closed, with another doorway beyond and a group of people outside.
    16th century door_ESP2201210--4063.jpg
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  • Many ceramic and bronze plaques are set in the cobbles of Jewish districts of Toledo and other towns.  The Hebrew lettering spells 'safeh" meaning "destroyed, perished, etc." and no doubt refers to the expulsion of the Jews in the 15th century, though the plaques are modern.
    Hebrew_remembrance_ESP201210--2374.jpg
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  • A huddled group of American tourists are dwarfed by the Baroque splendors of the Carthusian monastery church in Granada, Spain.
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  • The ruins of a summer palace built by Abd el Rahman III in the 10th century at the height of his power for his favorite wife (concubine? mistress?) named Azahara.  Elegant and extravagant at the time, known as Medinat al Azahara, the palace was destroyed by a new wave of Berber invaders after which it became a quarry for building material.  Now being excavated and restored for presentation and education.
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  • In the entrance to the Merida amphitheater.
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  • Singer claps her hands singing in a nighttime performance.  Two guitarists seated behind her playing.  Blue stage lights.
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  • Alcala de Henares cathedral interior showing organ, player, and singer, rehearsing.
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  • Toledo misericord: man and woman, heads close together in profile, in earnest conversation.  Their arms are joined in apparently affectionate contact.
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4107.jpg
  • Toledo Cathedral misericord: man pours out a bucket of scraps for a waiting boar or pig.
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4104.jpg
  • Blank eyed theatrical mask on display in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Merida, Spain.  It wears a Phrygian cap, which in the western provinces of the Roman Empire came to signify freedom and the pursuit of liberty, perhaps through a confusion with the pileus, the felt cap of manumitted (emancipated) slaves of ancient Rome.
    Ancient Roman theatrical mask ESP201...jpg
  • Three portraits in sequence: with and without sunglasses, hair tied back and hair let down
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  • Misericord in the choir of Toledo Cathedral showing a man with a loaf of bread (?) in each hand, as though offering them for sale or delivery.
    Misericord_delivery_man_ESP201210--4...jpg
  • Carved wooden misericord in the choir stalls of Toledo Cathedral, showing a man pulling a woman in a basket.  She looks out at us, seemingly not pleased.
    Misericord_couple_ESP201210--4105.jpg
  • Cobblestones laid in a fan pattern on a medieval street in Alcala de Henares, Spain.  Shadowed legs and feet of two pedestrians at the top of the image.  Cobblestone pattern is confined to panels separated by strips of white marble.
    Cobblestone_fan_shape_ESP201210--236...jpg
  • Brick wall with horizontal stripes or layers of stone masonry in the Alhambra
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  • Misericord in Toledo Cathedral, showing man and woman seated opposite each other, the man looking miserable and the woman seeming to offer comfort with an extended arm and hand.
    Misericord_couple_ESP201210--4107.jpg
  • Facade of the university College of Ildefonso at Alcala de Henares.  Flourish of red roses in the foreground, and a clutch of tourists lined up admiring the building's Plateresque ornamental flourishes around its doors and windows.  The building dates from the turn of the 15th-16th century.  The university, founded by Ximenez de Cisneros, opened in 1508 as the College of St. Ildefonso.  The facade was designed by Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon in the style known as plateresque.
    Alcala_Henares_university_ESP2201210...jpg
  • Interior of a megalithic dolmen site at Menga, Antequera, Spain.  The site has been nominated as a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
    Dolmen_Antequera_ESP201210--2465.jpg
  • View of Toledo, Spain, from across the river where a viewing platform has been established.  This is more or less the vantage point from which El Greco painted his famous view of the city.
    Toledo_view_ESP201210--4092.jpg
  • Detail of carved beam and stone proto-Ionic column capital in the courtyard of El Greco's house, Toledo, Spain.
    Construction_detail_16th_century_ESP...jpg
  • Ceramic plaque with Hebrew quotation embedded in the cobblestones of the Jewish quarter in Toledo, Spain.
    Hebrew remembrance ESP201210--2375.jpg
  • Standing portrait of a Spanish tour leader on his cell phone organizing the next step of the day's scheduled tour.
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  • Ancient Roman mosaic panel with fish, eels, and three fishermen in a rowboat using a net.
    Complutum_mosaic_ESP2201210--4022.jpg
  • Marble fragment from an ancient Roman sculpture: a beautifully wrought hand gently grasping a length of rope (?)
    Marble_hand_grasping_ESP201210--0356.jpg
  • Detail of an arcade in the Patio de Arrayanes, in the Alhambra, showing the richness and delicacy of its all-over ornament: Arabic inscriptions, rinceaux, foliate, geometric, and rudimentary stalagtite ornament.
    Alhambra_Arrayanes-ESP201210--0242.jpg
  • Blonde woman tourist steps through the Puerta del Vino in the Alhambra.
    Alhambra_Puerta-del-vino-ESP201210--...jpg
  • Couple on a misericord in Toledo Cathedral, Spain, designed as a fridge magnet: "together we can do anything"
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  • Toledo misericord: man seqted, holding up a loaf (of bread?) in each hand as though offering or serving them.  He wears a tasseled cap and a long coat with sleeves.
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4112.jpg
  • Misericordia: man riding in a wheelbarrow - like cart.  He holds a dog (?) and looks at an open book and seems quite comfortable.
    Toledo misericordia ESP201210--4106.jpg
  • 18th century statue of an elaborately robed female figure in the Cartuja de Granada sacristy.  She looks down on the camera while showing some leg rather flirtatiously.
    Cartuja de Granada sacristy ESP20121...jpg
  • View of Toledo, Spain, from across the river where a viewing platform has been established.  This is more or less the vantage point from which El Greco painted his famous view of the city.
    Toledo_ESP201210--4092.jpg
  • Misericord in the Toledo Cathedral: figure of a man pouring from a basket to feed a pig, which waits eagerly.
    Misericord_Toledo_cathedral_ESP20121...jpg
  • Open-eyed Roman theatrical mask on display at the Merida Archaeological Museum, Spain
    Roman_theater_mask_ESP201210--0045.jpg
  • Elaborate gilded monstrance on display in the Cathedral of Toledo.  It sits in a dedicated niche with red walls.
    Toledo_cathedral_monstrance_ESP20121...jpg
  • Detail of the floor mosaic in the House of Hippolytus, Complutum, near Alcala de Henares, Spain.  An unusual provincial Roman design with varied motifs in monochrome (black, white, brown) with touches of red.
    Complutum_mosaic_ESP2201210--4016.jpg
  • Five-petalled bloom on a stalk composed of black and white cobblestones
    Cobblestone_jasmine_bloom_ESP201210-...jpg
  • Pavement outside the entrance to the Monasterio de la Cartuja, Granada, showing an image of the Habsburg double eagle composed in white, grey, and black cobblestones.
    Cobblestone_double_eagle_ESP201210--...jpg
  • View looking upward in a corner of a room in the Alhambra showing its thick coverage of carved plaster ornament in panels each with a different motif.  Horror vacui reigns as every surface is covered.
    Alhambra_wall-ornament-ESP201210--02...jpg
  • The Alhambra seen from Albaicin in daytime, showing its position on a cliff and squared structure as a fortress. Thick wooded band surrounds it.
    Alhambra_fortress_ESP201210--0221a.jpg
  • A modern museum of El Greco's works has been added to a 16th century house where he is said to have lived. This charming carved beam and simple Ionic style column are probably original.
    Toledo-architectural-detail-ESP20121...jpg
  • Sinagoga del Transito, Museuo Sefardi, Toledo, coffered Mudejar style wooden ceiling
    Mudejar_wood_ceiling_ESP201210--4148.jpg
  • Interior of the Mezquita, or Grand Mosque of Cordoba, showing its forest of columns and overlapping banded arches.  Shadowed, mysterious, and dignified.
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  • Ancient Roman dining couch as excavated at Almenadilla, near Cordoba.  The site known in Spain as Villa Romana de "el Ruedo." Appears to have been a sanitarium or hospice where sick people went to be cared for until death.
    Almenadilla_Roman-couch-ESP201210--2...jpg
  • Cathedral at Alcala de Henares, interior, showing organ with singer and organist at practise.
    Organist-singer-rehearsing-ESP220121...jpg
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  • Frontal view of a lion figure holding up a fountain in the Patio dos Leones, Alhambra,  It emits a trickle of water from its mouth, looking a bit surprised.
    Lion fountain ESP201210--0265.jpg
  • Rebuilt two storey skena or scene or scaena frons building of the Roman theater at Merida, built 16-15 BC by Vipsanius Agrippa, then consul.  White marble columns stand out in front of a rubble masonry and brick wall behind them.
    Merida_Roman_theater_scene_ESP201210...jpg
  • Interior of the Mezquita, or Grand Mosque of Cordoba, showing a woman tourist walking through the forest of columns and giving it scale.  Flash exposure stops her motion while the arches above are slightly blurred.
    Cordoba_mosque_ESP201210--0163.jpg
  • Brass plate embedded in a stone wall in Cordoba, commemorating the expulsion of Jews from Spain in the 17th century.
    Cordoba_Hebrew_sign_ESP201210--0144.jpg
  • Alhambra, Sala de las dos hermanas, dome interior looking upward at the elaborate decoration.
    Alhambra_dome-Hermanas-ESP201210--02...jpg
  • Alhambra, Patio de los Leones, or Lion court.  Side view of a kiosk projecting into the court, covered with Moorish ornament.
    Alhambra_Lion-court-ESP201210--0261.jpg
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  • Statue of an angel flourishing a red robe and flashing a little bare leg behind the altar of the high Baroque church of the Carthusian Monastery in Granada.
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  • Sala de los Abencerrajes, dome interior with Nasrid decoration in white plaster.
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  • Gypsy accordionist performs on the pedestrian bridge into the old city of Cordoba, Spain.  Pedestrians and a white dog pass by.
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  • as his master looks on approvingly.
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  • Facade of the Generalife palace at the Alhambra, Granada, reflected in the pool in the foreground.  Four tourist figures at in the distance, goldfish swimming in the foreground.
    Generalife palace ESP201210--0281.jpg
  • Upward angled view of an interior wall at the Alhambra, thickly covered with lacework plaster geometric and floral designs. Two arched shapes of sunshine projected from windows across the room.
    Alhambra decoration ESP201210--0272.jpg
  • View along a colonnade of the Patio de los Leones, in the Alhambra.
    Patio de los Leones ESP201210--0268.jpg
  • Sala de los Abencerrajes, dome interior with Nasrid decoration in white plaster.  Its beauty belies the legend that a family rivalling Boabdil was massacred here.
    Alhambra dome ESP201210--0263.jpg
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