Juan Carlos Menendez (@juancar347) - PALnet

Juan Carlos Menendez

juancar347-romanica.blogspot.com

Madrid - Spain

Carpe Diem

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[ENG-SPN] Alcózar: the Romanesque enigma facing north / Alcózar: el enigma románico que mira al norte Unlike the vast majority of Romanesque churches—whose apses were originally oriented toward the sunrise and, symbolically, toward Jerusalem—the mysterious chu

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about 21 hours ago

[ENG-SPN] Miño de Medinaceli: Secrets of a Legendary Past / Miño de Medinaceli: Secretos de un pasado legendario At first glance, Miño de Medinaceli might seem like just another one of those countless Castilian villages where nothing ever happens—a place whose greatest m

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2 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Barahona: Where Castile Learned to Fly by Night / Barahona: Donde Castilla Aprendió a Volar de Noche That very place could well have been the perfect setting to inspire Shakespeare—the spot where his intrepid character, Macbeth, had his fated encounter with t

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3 days ago

[ENG-SPN] San Miguel de Gormaz: The Lost Splendor of a Millennial Chapel / San Miguel de Gormaz: el esplendor perdido de una capilla milenaria Situated between the imposing ruins of the Caliphate fortress commissioned by Caliph Al-Hakem II and the resilient village of Gormaz, a thousand-year-old herm

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4 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Gormaz: Where History Was a Frontier / Gormaz, donde la Historia fue frontera During the Middle Ages—a period that looms large in the public imagination—Soria was regarded (and rightly so) as the Duero frontier separating two Spains: th

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5 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Romanillos: the village where enigmas dwell / Romanillos: el pueblo donde habitan los enigmas It is considered one of the quietest villages in Soria. Although some sources place it on the so-called "Route of the Exile" of El Cid Campeador, it seems unl

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6 days ago

The Crystal Palace: A Journey Without Leaving Madrid Today, we travel without practically leaving home—or, to borrow a phrase from Vélez de Guevara regarding the chapters of his famous work *El Diablo

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7 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Santa María: The Gothic Mystery of the Cantabrian Coast / Santa María: el misterio gótico del Cantábrico There is no doubt that one of the most captivating—and enigmatic—examples of what might well be defined as Cantabrian Gothic architecture lies just thirty ki

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8 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Serón de Nágima: A Legendary Frontier / Serón de Nágima: Frontera de Leyenda Sharing the spotlight with Monteagudo de las Vicarías—along the line that once marked the medieval border between Soria and Aragon—lies another memorable town

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9 days ago

[ENG-SPN] Monteagudo: A Frontier of Stone and Mystery / Monteagudo: Frontera de Piedra y Misterio Known as rayanos —border dwellers—due to their location on the boundary between Soria and Aragon, the inhabitants of Monteagudo de las Vicarías maintain a de

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