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There were once some hanging houses...
The city of Cuenca is high. Very high. At more than 900 metres above ground level, its profile is a block that rises above the ground. Marked by incredible buildings that had the old city declared a World Heritage Site in 1996, among all of the buildings the hanging houses stand out for their originality and mystery as structures built on a cliff that make one feel dizzy by just looking at them. Although it is said that in times past much of the cliff was full of this type of construction, now only three survivors still defy gravity every day. With an uncertain origin in the centuries of the Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, it is not known whether they are Arab or Christian but iI need Spain
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BILBAO, CULTURE THAT FEEDS
Does art have a flavour? In Bilbao, works of art and cuisine share the same house, maybe because they are both art. Painting and food. The first is presented in halls and the second is served in the cafeteria of the same museum. The Guggenheim asks on its web site what art tastes of. There are two answers. On the one hand they say that art tastes of crab, good cod, tuna belly or Bresse pigeon. These are some of the dishes served in the Nerua restaurant run by Josean Martínez Alija, which has been given a Michelin star. On the other hand, they say that at summer lunches and dinners art has a more informal flavour, though also one of haute cuisine, at the Bistró GuggenheI need Spain
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MALAGA, CITY OF MUSEUMS
When he was 10 years old, little Pablo hid under his sister’s bed to paint his first picture. Years later in the same room, the tourists crowd to see the pictures little Pablo later painted as the great Pablo Picasso. Malaga was his birthplace, something that can be appreciated by visiting the two museums dedicated to the Cubist genius: the Fundación Picasso, Casa Natural is completed with the collection of the Picasso Museum in Malaga. However, the Picasso museums are not the only interesting museums in this Mediterranean capital. With half a million inhabitants, Malaga has 24 museums in its historical quarter, one of the greatest concentrations of museums in the countryI need Spain
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Navarre’s black diamonds
In Navarre there are diamonds. They are rugged, not too big and dark. They hide underground, about a foot below the ground. They grow naturally in the Sierra de Lokiz with the scientific name of Tuber melanosporum and you get to pay up to 1,000 Euros a kilo. No wonder it is considered a jewel of Spanish cuisine. If you do not know what we mean, ask someone who enjoys good food and read on. To enjoy it you have to know it, know that it is an unbeatable condiment, but not necessarily an unaffordable luxury, that its presence enriches all kinds of recipes, from haute cuisine to homemade, but that is not consistent with any ingredient. We are talking about black truffles. This goodI need Spain
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The MUSAC façade, a pop version of Leon's gothic and romanesque
Leon is a city of Romanesque art, so the glass and the colour that dominate the facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León (MUSAC), surprises visitors. This so innovative aesthetic proposal for the building announces what is to come, if you decide to walk into the building. The white and concrete asepsis inside a place of open space invites you to go into action, you become a spectator able to decide how to have your own experience. Inside, a series of more than 900 works are the best summary of recent creativity. And it may seem paradoxical, but MUSAC is a catalyst that proposes breaking routes despite coinciding with one of the best known in country, the CamI need Spain
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There's a chocolate museum in Spain? Oh I have to go!
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The footprints of the ‘duende’ of San Fernando
Before he died, José Monge Cruz laid the first stone to what is his own altar today, a two-storey colonial house full of hundreds of his photos where his songs play over and over. La Peña de Camarón de la Isla opened in 1995, is maybe the greatest reference to the singer and songwriter in his birthplace, San Fernando, which still builds its identity around the memory of the soul of flamenco. 20 years after his death, the route around all of the places related to Camarón continues to be a pilgrimage for followers who want to see his legacy. The Peña, a kind of museum where even his disciples interpret it, is about the maximum representation of whatI need Spain
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Routes of mystery: Zugarramurdi Caves, witchcraft and legend
Do witches exist? What about their magic powers and their spells? The truth is only known to history, but there is a place in Spain that sheds some light on the mystery. Virtually on the border with France, the village of Zugarramurdi in Navarre (in the north of the peninsula) has been witness to one of the most enigmatic chapters of the past. The story says that the enormous caves around the village were the scene of witchcraft meetings during the 17th century. People talk of rituals in which men and women lit bonfires, danced and drank drinks with hallucinogenic effects. These meetings took the name of Akelarres (‘aker’ =I need Spain
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LUCIANOB.
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Atapuerca or how to be a caveman
“Atapuerca? Oh yes, that village where so many old people live”. The joke, a classic in Burgos, the provincial capital closest to the most important archaeological and paleontological site in the world in the north of Castile, is justified with a single figure: the 1.2 million years of the remains of its first inhabitants, the oldest Europeans we yet know of. Their names and surnames? Homo antecessor, Homo heidelbergensis and Homo sapiens. As in any good village, the villagers’ nicknames are everywhere: Miguelón‘s skull (in honour of the five times champion of the Tour de France Miguel Induráin) and Elvis the pelvis (frI need Spain
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iñaki
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En Bilbao aorovechando a visitar Guggenheim David Hockney fantastico http://t.co/8PjsqlAI
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The other side of museums: Alhóndiga Bilbao
Culture finds different ways of showing its essence. It does so majestically in large museums which for centuries have seen faces passing in front of the canvases, or from the day-to-day activity of places such as AlhóndigaBilbao. This is a cultural and leisure centre that considers its relationship with people from a closer, more enjoyable standpoint, and above all one that is highly innovative and sustainable. The building is a former wine, liquor and oil store that was refurbished by the French designer Philippe Starck and reopened in May 2010. Around the motto of Mens Sana in Corpore Sano, AlhóndigaBilbao has divided its space between three buildings that presentI need Spain
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Girona, the Venice of Spain
Prepare a few Mediterranean whiffs stirred well with a large dose of coloured brick. Accompany the mixture with the aroma of Iberian settlements, remains of the Roman Empire and sprinkle the last touches of the Arab domain. Give the whole lot of Catalan accent. Finally, bathe the mass in the lower course of a river of Girona. A spoonful of Venice, another of Oporto… in the oven and ping!: the Hanging Houses over the river Onyar. A feast of architecture for one's sight in the heart of Girona. Undoubtedly the most genuine view of this Catalan city hardly one hour from Barcelona. The Hanging Houses lean over the river Onyar, one of the four rivers crossinI need Spain
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Lux1083
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Ciutat de las artes y las ciencias
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The village of Quixote’s giants
The novel might have started in any way, but Cervantes chose to omit the name of the main character’s birthplace. In its place, he decided that the first sentence of Don Quixote had to start with “Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember...”. Little is known about why the writer refused to reveal the name of the town where Don Quixote was born. What we do know is that the result of his decision was that, since the book was published, many villages in La Mancha have disputed the honour of being the home place to one of the most illustrious characters of universal literature. In some, the local authorities andI need Spain
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Alegre
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I need the Prado--one of the few big art museums with nothing but masterpieces.
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Jessi
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Spanish Mona Lisa
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Rob Wood
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#Spain's #Prado Museum reports early copy of 'Mona Lisa'..... http://t.co/1VWYbL3Q
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