Consuegra and Toledo

Spain 2009
IMG_6299 Consuegra windmills Consuegra windmills
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IMG_6300 Consuegra town Consuegra town, situated at the foot of the Cerro Calderico hill, 60km from Toledo
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IMG_6301 Consuegra became famous due to its windmills in the 16th century, when Don Quixote (by Cervantes) was first published.
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IMG_6302-5233 A windmill usually has 2 levels, it used wind to grind grain.
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IMG_6307 Millers had to carry sacks of grains 60 to 70Kg to the top floor, windmills were not used any more at the beginning of the 1980s.
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IMG_6309 The route of Don Quixote (one of the fictional characters in Cervantes's book)
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IMG_6314 Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of...
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IMG_6321 Toledo old city Toledo old city, 70km south of Madrid
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IMG_6322-6332 Cathedral of Toledo The Cathedral of Toledo, or Cathedral of St Mary of Toledo
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IMG_6324 The Cathedral of Toledo, built between 1226-1493
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IMG_6324-5242 Close up details of the church
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IMG_6327 The main facade has three doorways, Puerta del Perdon (Door of Forgiveness, in the centre), Puerta del Juicio Final (Door of the Last Judgment, to the right)...
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IMG_6328 The Door of Forgiveness has one great arch with six Gothic archivolts (an ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch)
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IMG_6329 Mozarabic (Iberan Christian) chapel on the right of the Catheral of Toledo
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IMG_6330 'His Eminence D. Francisco Alvarez Martinez, Archbishop of Toledo, Primate of Spain, on the occasion of its elevation as a cardinal by Pope John Paul II'
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IMG_6331 City Hall of Toledo, a 15th century building, across from Cathedral of Toledo
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IMG_6334 Close up of Mozarabic (Iberan Christian) chapel, Cathedral of Toledo
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IMG_6336 Details of sculptures on the facade of the Cathedral of Toledo
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IMG_6338 Bell tower, Cathedral of Toledo
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IMG_6342 The tower has two parts: the lower part, of square cross-section, the upper, octagonal part and topped by a spire.
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