Showing posts with label cities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cities. Show all posts

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Meeting in Hellín - Spain (V)

APRIL 17th, 2013: VISITING CUENCA (UNESCO World Heritage)

Bridge of Saint Paul
Hanging Houses
Hanging Houses
Hanging Houses
Huécar Canyon
Hanging Houses
Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace and Saint Julian
Medieval streets
Medieval streets
Bishop's Palace
Mangana Tower

Meeting in Hellín - Spain (IV)

APRIL 16th, 2013: VISITING ALBACETE CITY AND CHINCHILLA DE MONTEARAGÓN




Saturday, March 31, 2012

Earth Hour 2012



This Earth Hour 2012: 8.30pm, Saturday 31 March, celebrate your action for the planet with the people of world by switching off your lights for an hour, then go beyond the hour.

From its inception as a single-city initiative -- Sydney, Australia - in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2011 created history as the world's largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 135 countries across every continent coming together to celebrate an unambiguous commitment to the one thing that unites us all -- the planet.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Pictures of Hellín

Hellín is a town and municipality located in the south of the province of Albacete, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. As of 2010, it has a population of 31,109. 

Main celebrations, such as the processions and the traditional tamborada (drumming), declared of international touristic interest, occur during the Holy Week (in Spanish, Semana Santa). 

There is a Contestani archaeological site at Tolmo de Minateda hill near Hellín.


Saturday, January 28, 2012

Campo de Criptana (La Mancha-Spain)

Campo de Criptana is a municipality and town in the province of Ciudad Real in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). It is found in the region known as La Mancha. 

 "At this point they caught sight of thirty or forty windmills which were standing on the plain..." Thus begins chapter VIII of Don Quixote. In Cervantes' time windmills were quite common. This view is undoubtedly the characteristic landscape of Campo de Criptana, presenting its silhouette from the Sierra de los Molinos and the Cerro de la Paz. Today, ten windmills can be seen from afar, with their original structure and machinery preserved.


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Romanescu Park in Craiova (Romania)

Romanescu Park is the fourth largest park in Europe. Its construction was initiated by the mayor of Craiova in 1901, Nicolae Romanescu. The French architect Edouart Rendont undertook the design of the park where he won the gold medal at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900.







Photos: Melike Ornek