Juan Carlos Menendez (@juancar347) - PALnet

Juan Carlos Menendez

juancar347-romanica.blogspot.com

Madrid - Spain

Carpe Diem

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[ENG-SPN] Castile, Mystery, and Exile: The Hidden Journey of El Cid / Castilla, Misterio y Destierro: El Viaje Oculto del Cid The world of legend also boasts that Hispanic hybrid, strong as Hercules, furious as Achilles, and cunning as Ulysses: that entirely historical figure who, bo

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[ENG-SPN] The Art That Witnessed El Cid's Passage: Romanesque on the Edge of Time / El Arte que Vio Pasar al Cid: Románico en la Frontera del Tiempo We return to the dreamy and paradigmatic fields of Soria, and leaving behind the deserved capital of Romanesque art, San Esteban de Gormaz—a medieval city th

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2 days ago

[ENG-SPN] When History Is Clothed in Ermine / Cuando la Historia se Cubre de Armiño Like that invaluable master, the undoubtedly admired Hermann Hesse, I too wish to savor nostalgia today in the same way I savor friendships, and without needi

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[ENG-SPN] The Fortress that Sings to the Wind: Mysteries of Gormaz / La Fortaleza que Canta al Viento: Misterios de Gormaz Soria, despite being a relatively small region and having suffered for much of its modern history from the complex that governmental neglect often produces, i

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4 days ago

[ENG-SPN] The Journey to Berlarga: In the Footsteps of Romanesque Art / El Viaje a Berlarga: Tras las Huellas del Románico Perhaps I am a romantic, or even, to go even further and take it a step further, as they used to say, passionate about timeless landscapes: those very landsca

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5 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Winter, Templars, and Ghosts: The Frozen Legends of Castillejo de Robledo / Invierno, templarios y fantasmas: las leyendas heladas de Castillejo de Robledo Winter, with its extreme temperatures, heavy snowfalls, and frigid dawns, is also a time for reflection, for appreciating home life, and for recalling, by the

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6 days ago

Castro Urdiales: A Poem of Stone and Salt on the Cantabrian Coast The North Coast, the Cantabrian Sea, its wild beauty, and of course, its infinite mysteries, bring my memories, on this occasion, to this monumental se

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[ENG-SPN] Velázquez Bosco and the Stone Grail: Neo-Romanesque in the Alcarria / Velázquez Bosco y el Grial de Piedra: Neorrománico en la Alcarria Without leaving the heart of the Alcarria region, specifically the city of Guadalajara, located just 30 kilometers from the metaphorically sprawling octopus t

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8 days ago

[ENG-SPN] The Other Court of the Lions: Art, Magic, and Alchemy in the Alcarria / El otro Patio de los Leones: Arte, magia y alquimia en la Alcarria Generally, when it comes to something as artistically majestic as a court of lions, everyone's attention is drawn to Granada, and like a weathervane, they follo

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9 days ago

[ENG-SPN] From Numancia to Tera: A Journey to the Heart of the Unfathomable / De Numancia a Tera: Viaje al Corazón de lo Insondable Leaving the city of Soria on the N111 highway and passing by mysterious paths, often shrouded in persistent fogs that frequently obscure the full splendor of

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