Juan Carlos Menendez (@juancar347) - PALnet

Juan Carlos Menendez

juancar347-romanica.blogspot.com

Madrid - Spain

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[ENG-SPN] Sigüenza: A Journey Within Other Worlds / Sigüenza: un viaje dentro de otros mundos From the 12th century, when its imposing foundations began to rise, to the present day, the Sigüenza Cathedral continues to be that metaphorical Wonderland, w

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2 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Sigüenza: Where Stone Holds Ancient Secrets / Sigüenza: Donde la piedra guarda secretos milenarios As the spectacular game of hopscotch goes: from goose to goose, and it's my turn to roll. We leave behind the little-known mysteries of places like Monsalud,

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3 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Auñón and the Shadow of Calatrava / Auñón y la Sombra de Calatrava Auñón is another town in the Alcarria region, a place frequented by Iberians, Romans, Visigoths, Arabs, and Castilians. Its history, at least since the 12th c

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4 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Saint Michael: The Guardian of La Puerta / San Miguel: El Guardián de La Puerta Our next destination, after leaving behind the melancholic ruins of the Monsalud monastery, is a small village that still remembers the writer Camilo José Cel

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5 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Monsalud: The Silent Fortress of the Cistercian Spirit / Monsalud: La Fortaleza Silenciosa del Espíritu Cisterciense It is no wonder that the consolidated ruins of this old Cistercian monastery of Monsalud, located on the outskirts of Córcoles and a short distance from the

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6 days ago

[ENG-SPN] The Transformative Journey: Enthusiasm, Renunciation, and Discovery / El viaje que transforma: entusiasmo, renuncia y descubrimiento For Coelho, after his transcendent adventure along the labyrinthine paths of the strange Camino de Santiago, everything boiled down to Enthusiasm, an experien

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7 days ago

Wounded Beauty: The Forgotten Echo of Romanesque Art There is no doubt that time, despite the powerful force with which it erodes and topples the pride of humankind, is solely responsible for the fact tha

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8 days ago

[ENG-SPN] The Hidden Romanesque Gem of the Alcarria / La joya románica escondida de la Alcarria Possibly one of the most harmonious and significant examples of Romanesque architecture in that unique region of Guadalajara known as the Alcarria, made famou

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9 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Broken Memory in the Secret Alcarria / Memoria Rota en la Alcarria Secreta Today we visit another place in Guadalajara, whose name, out of respect and to avoid suspicion, I will pretend to have suffered a sudden Cervantine amnesia, w

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10 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Saúca: Romanesque Elegance in Miniature / Saúca: Elegancia Románica en Miniatura Saúca, the village where we find ourselves, has fewer than fifty inhabitants, yet it boasts one of the most beautiful and elegant Romanesque churches in the r

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