Spain (Mathematical Journey) by Mathematical Journey

Catedral de Palma de Mallorca, Plaça de la Seu, Palma

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:01:18 UTC

The Cathedral-Basilica of Santa María in Palma, also called the Cathedral of Mallorca, is the main religious building on the island of Mallorca.

Elche

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:03:20 UTC

Elche is a city and municipality in Spain located in the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. The Lady of Elche is something unique and typical of the city

Peniscola Castle, Calle Castillo, Peñíscola

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:04:50 UTC

Peñíscola is a municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain, located on the northern coast of the province of Castellón, in the Bajo Maestrazgo region.

Torres de Serranos, Plaza de los Fueros, Valencia

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:07:03 UTC

The Serranos towers or Serranos gate are one of the two fortified gates of the medieval wall of Valencia (Spain) that still remain standing. The complex is made up of two polygonal towers joined by a central body, where the door itself opens, topped with a semicircular arch.

Pamplona

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:10:12 UTC

Redín Bastion with gunboats and merlons in Pamplona at the end of the 16th century.

Ondarroa

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:12:38 UTC

The town of Ondarroa is a municipality in the province of Vizcaya, Basque Country in Spain, located in the Lea-Artibai region.

Playa de la Concha

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:14:19 UTC

La Concha beach is a beach located in La Concha Bay in the city of San Sebastián (Spain).

Located west of the mouth of the Urumea River, separated from it by Mount Urgull and the city center and housed in La Concha Bay, it has an average length of 1350 m, an average width of 40 m.

Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, Virgen Blanca Plaza, Vitoria-Gasteiz

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:15:59 UTC

The Plaza de la Virgen Blanca or Plaza Vieja is the main meeting place in Vitoria. It is located between the neighborhoods of Casco Viejo and Ensanche. It is surrounded by white houses and in the center of the square there is a monument in memory of the Battle of Vitoria (1813), an episode of the War of Independence.

Monasterio de Yuso, Calle Prestiño, San Millán de la Cogolla

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:18:15 UTC

The royal monastery of San Millán de Yuso (yuso meant 'below' in ancient Spanish) is located in the town of San Millán de la Cogolla, autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain), on the left bank of the Cárdenas River, in the middle of the valley. of San Millán. It is part of the monumental complex of two monasteries, along with the oldest monastery of San Millán de Suso

Catedral de Lugo, Plaza Santa María, Lugo

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:20:01 UTC

The Cathedral of Santa María de Lugo is a Catholic temple, episcopal seat of the diocese of Lugo, located in the city of the same name, in Galicia (Spain).

Parador Castillo de Monterrei, Monterrey, Orense

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:22:25 UTC

Monterrey Castle is a fortress-palace, located in the parish of Santa María de Monterrei (in the place of Monterrey) in the municipality of Monterrey (Orense, Galicia, Spain). It is located on a hill overlooking the valley of the Támega River, at the confluence of the roads that connect Puebla de Sanabria and Orense and about 28 km from Chaves, (Portugal).

Praza da Leña, Pontevedra

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:23:35 UTC

Plaza de la Leña is a picturesque medieval square located in the heart of the old town of the Spanish city of Pontevedra. It is the most typical medieval square in the historic center and in Galicia.

Catedral de Murcia, Plaza del Cardenal Belluga, Murcia

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:24:47 UTC

The Holy Church Cathedral of Santa María, known as Murcia Cathedral, is the main temple and headquarters of the Diocese of Cartagena. It is located in the old town of the city of Murcia, in the Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.

Torre del Oro, Paseo de Cristóbal Colón, Sevilla

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:52:48 UTC

The Torre del Oro de Sevilla is a squill tower located on the eastern bank of the Guadalquivir River, in the city of Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Its origin is an Almohad construction from between 1220 and 1221.

Giralda is the name given to the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santa María de la Sede in the city of Seville, in Andalusia (Spain). The lower part of the tower corresponds to the minaret of the city's old mosque, from the end of the 12th century, in the Almohad period, while the upper part is a superimposed construction in the 16th century, in the Christian era, to house the bells.

Valle de Arán

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:56:27 UTC

The Aran Valley (Val d'Aran) is a Spanish region located on the northern slopes of the central Pyrenees, in the province of Lérida, autonomous community of Catalonia. Three official languages coexist in it: Spanish, Aranese and Catalan.

Templo de Augusto

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 19:59:26 UTC

The Temple of Augustus is a temple of worship to this Roman emperor and was erected in the current Spanish city of Tarragona during the Roman Empire.

Monumento Ecuestre de Francisco Pizarro, Plaza Mayor, Trujillo

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:01:03 UTC

The statue of Francisco Pizarro is an equestrian statue located in Trujillo as a tribute by the municipality to one of its illustrious neighbors, the conquistador Francisco Pizarro.

Teatro Romano de Mérida., Anfiteatro, Calle Pedro María Plano, Mérida

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:02:45 UTC

The Roman theater of Mérida is a historical theater built by Ancient Rome in the Augusta Emerita colony, present-day Mérida (Spain). Its creation was promoted by the consul Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and, according to a date inscribed on the theater itself, its inauguration took place around the years 16-15 BC. c.

La Coruña, España

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:05:35 UTC

The galleries of La Coruña are closed balconies with white-painted wooden carpentry and a large glass surface that function as viewpoints and are characteristic of the homes on Avenida de la Marina in La Coruña.

Campo de Criptana

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:07:31 UTC

Campo de Criptana is a Spanish municipality belonging to the province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is located in the natural region of La Mancha, within the subregion called Mancha Alta. It is part of the Promancha community.

Casas Colgadas de Cuenca, Calle Canónigos, Cuenca

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:08:36 UTC

The Casas Colgadas, Colgantes or Voladas, also Casas del Rey, are a group of civil buildings located in the Spanish city of Cuenca. They are called this way because part of them cantilevers, or large balconies, protruding from the high rocky ledge of the Huécar River gorge.

Casa del Doncel, Calle Arcedianos, Sigüenza

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:09:37 UTC

The Casa del Doncel or palace of the Marquises of Bédmar is a civil Gothic style building located in the medieval neighborhood of Sigüenza (Guadalajara, Spain).

Puerta Antigua de Bisagra, Calle Alfonso VI, Toledo

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:10:50 UTC

The Alfonso VI Gate is a gate in the wall of the Spanish city of Toledo.

Torre Gorgot, Plaça Gala i Salvador Dalí, Figueres

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:11:55 UTC

The Gorgot tower, better known as the Galatea tower since 1983, is the tower and the annex building, located in the Subida del Castillo, in Figueras. It was part of the walled area of the city. Currently it is one of the buildings of the Dalí Theatre-Museum, which houses the offices of the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation. It was registered as an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1988

San Juan de Duero, Camino Monte de las Ánimas, Soria

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:13:04 UTC

San Juan de Duero, also known as Arcos de San Juan de Duero, forms a group of Castilian Romanesque architecture located on the outskirts of the city of Soria, Castilla y León (Spain), and is the Medieval Section of the Numantine Museum. What you see today, the church and the cloister, are nothing but the remains of a monastery of the military Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem or San Juan knights, built in the first half of the 12th century on the banks of the Duero River and which remained inhabited until the 18th century.

Castillo de la Mota, Avenida Castillo, Medina del Campo

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:14:19 UTC

The Mota Castle is a castle located in the town of Medina del Campo, in the province of Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain. Located on an elevation of the land (mota), it dominates the town and its entire extensive region

Templo expiatorio da Sagrada Familia, Carrer de Mallorca, Barcelona

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:42:10 UTC

The Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia, known simply as the Sagrada Familia, is a Catholic basilica in Barcelona (Spain), designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí. Started in 1882, it is still under construction. It is Gaudí's masterpiece and the greatest exponent of Catalan modernist architecture. It is the most visited monument in Spain, and it is the most visited church in Europe after St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. When completed, it will be the tallest Christian church in the world.

Catedral de Zamora, Plaza la Catedral, Zamora

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:43:28 UTC

The Zamora Cathedral (Zamora, Spain), dedicated to the Savior, is part of the so-called Duero Romanesque, distinguished for being the smallest and oldest of the eleven in the Community of Castilla y León.

Albacete

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:45:05 UTC

Albacete is a city and municipality in Spain in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, capital of the province of the same name. It is the easternmost capital of Castilla-La Mancha, located in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula in the middle of a vast countryside of high natural value near the San Blas hill, on which the medieval city of Chinchilla de Montearagón is located. in the historical region of La Mancha de Montearagón, framed in the unmunicipal region of Los Llanos.

Arco de Santa María, Plaza Rey San Fernando, Burgos

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:46:22 UTC

The Santa María arch is one of the most emblematic monuments of the city of Burgos, autonomous community of Castilla y León, Spain. It is one of the old twelve access gates of the city wall in the Middle Ages, and connects the Santa María bridge, over the Arlanzón river, with the Plaza del Rey San Fernando, where the cathedral is located.

Catedral de León, Plaza de Regla, León

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:47:43 UTC

The Cathedral of Santa María de Regla de León is a temple of Catholic worship, episcopal seat of the diocese of León, Spain, consecrated under the devotion of the Virgin Mary. It was the first building declared a monument in Spain, by Royal Order of August 28, 1844

Carrión de los Condes

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:49:48 UTC

Carrión de los Condes is a Spanish municipality and town in the province of Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León.

It is located north of the natural region of Tierra de Campos. Its urban area, on the banks of the Carrión River, preserves several medieval religious buildings of important artistic value and is a stopover for pilgrims traveling the French route of the Camino de Santiago.

Universidad de Salamanca, Patio de Escuelas, Salamanca

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:51:12 UTC

The University of Salamanca is a Spanish public university based in the city of Salamanca, where most of its centers are located, although it also has centers in the cities of Zamora, Ávila, Béjar and Villamayor. It is the oldest university in operation in Spain and the Hispanic world and the third oldest in Europe.

Acueducto de Segovia, Plaza Azoguejo, Segovia

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:52:08 UTC

The Segovia Aqueduct is a Roman aqueduct that brought water to the Spanish city of Segovia until 1973. Its construction dates back to the beginning of the 2nd century AD. C., at the end of the reign of Emperor Trajan or the beginning of that of Hadrian. The most visible part, and therefore famous, is the archway that crosses the Plaza del Azoguejo.

Binibeca

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:53:58 UTC

Binibeca is a coastal area located south-east of the island of Menorca, in Spain. It is located 5 km from the capital of the municipality, San Luis, and 8 km south of the island capital, Mahón. From west to east, it is located between Cap d'en Font and Biniancolla.

Casa de Colón, Calle Colón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:55:20 UTC

The House of Colon is a cultural institution located in the historic neighborhood of Vegueta, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.

It is a mansion from the end of the 16th century. This public center, attached to the Department of Culture, Historical Heritage and Museums of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, and inaugurated in 1951, is one of the most emblematic buildings in the city.

Teide

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:56:39 UTC

Teide is a volcano located on the Spanish island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands archipelago. It has an official altitude of 3715 meters above sea level

Colegiata de Santa Juliana, Plaza Abad Francisco Navarro, Santillana del Mar

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:58:08 UTC

The collegiate church of Santa Juliana in Santillana del Mar (Cantabria, Spain), to which this Cantabrian town (Sant Iuliana-Santillana) owes its name, is one of the most representative Romanesque monuments in the region. It was declared a National Monument of Spain on March 12, 1889.

Muralla de Ávila, Ávila

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 20:59:31 UTC

The wall of Ávila is a Romanesque military fence that surrounds the old town of the Spanish city of Ávila, capital of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. The wall, along with the old town and several churches located outside the walls, were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.1 The walls are the universal symbol and most prominent monument that houses the city of Ávila.

Fuente de Cibeles, Plaza Cibeles, Madrid

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:20:54 UTC

The Cibeles fountain is a monumental fountain in the city of Madrid, located in the square of the same name, in the central area of the Spanish capital.

Catedral de Santa Maria de Mitjavila, Plaza de la Catedral, Teruel

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:22:00 UTC

The Cathedral of Santa María de Mediavilla in Teruel is one of the most characteristic Mudejar buildings in Spain, and one of the few Spanish cathedrals, along with Tarazona, built in this style.

El Pilar, Plaza del Pilar, Zaragoza

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:24:21 UTC

The cathedral-basilica or Holy Metropolitan Temple of Our Lady of the Pilar, usually called "El Pilar", is a metropolitan cathedral of the archdiocese of Zaragoza, in the city of Zaragoza (Aragon, Spain).

Santa María del Naranco. Prerrománico Asturiano, Monte Naranco, Oviedo

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:25:34 UTC

Santa María del Naranco is an old palace located four kilometers from Oviedo (Asturias, Spain), on the southern slope of Mount Naranco. It was not originally designed as a church, but was the Aula Regia of the palace complex that King Ramiro I ordered to be built on the outskirts of the capital of the kingdom of Asturias, and which was completed in the year 842. Its artistic style is the so-called art Asturian or "ramirense", within the pre-Romanesque.

Ibiza

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:26:52 UTC

Ibiza is a Spanish island located in the Mediterranean Sea and which, together with Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera and several smaller islets, forms the archipelago and autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.

La Alhambra y el Generalife, Paseo del Generalife, Granada

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:28:13 UTC

The Alhambra is a monumental complex on an Andalusian palatine city located in Granada, Spain. It consists of a set of ancient palaces, gardens and fortresses initially conceived to house the emir and the court of the Nasrid kingdom, later as the residence of the kings of Castile and their representatives. Its artistic singularity lies in the interiors of the Nasrid palaces, whose decoration is among the summits of Andalusian art, as well as in its location and adaptation, which generated a new landscape but fully integrated with the pre-existing nature.

Ermita de El Rocío, El Rocío

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:30:03 UTC

The sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Rocío, popularly known as the hermitage of Rocío, is a temple located in the village of El Rocío, Almonte, province of Huelva. In the hermitage is the Virgen del Rocío.

Sierra de Cazorla

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:31:47 UTC

The Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas natural park is a natural area located in the northeast of the province of Jaén, Andalusia (Spain) and has an area of 214,336 ha, it is the largest protected area in Spain and the second in Europe

Serranía de Ronda

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:33:07 UTC

Ronda is a municipality and Spanish city belonging to Andalusia, located in the northwest of the province of Malaga. It is the head of the homonymous judicial district and the capital of the Serranía de Ronda region.

Siresa

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:36:06 UTC

Siresa is a town belonging to the municipality of Valle de Echo, in Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon. It is located at the foot of the Pyrenees, on the border line with France.

La Alcazaba

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:37:28 UTC

The Alcazaba, castle and walls of Cerro de San Cristóbal in the Spanish city of Almería is one of the most important Andalusian monumental and archaeological complexes on the Iberian Peninsula.

Cádiz

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:38:49 UTC

The current Town Hall of Cádiz was built in 1799 on the bases and location of the previous Town Halls and is the result of two stages: the first, neoclassical, begun in 1799 by Torcuato Benjumeda, and a second corresponding to the Elizabethan style, the work of García of the Alamo in 1861 and that would affect the interiors. In 1936 the flag of Andalusia was raised for the first time.

Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba, Calle Cardenal Herrero, Córdoba

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:40:24 UTC

The Great Mosque of Córdoba is a monumental religious and historical building in the city of Córdoba, Spain. It was built as a mosque in the year 784. Traditional history, already mentioned by Muslim chroniclers, held that the building occupied the site of the Hispano-Roman basilica of San Vicente Mártir.

Museo del Prado, Calle de Ruiz de Alarcón, Madrid

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:42:00 UTC

The Prado Museum is one of the most outstanding in the world, and is also among the most visited. Based in Madrid, Spain, it is also considered the most important cultural institution in the country, according to the 2022 Culture Observatory, a study carried out among several hundred professionals in the sector.

Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Praza do Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela

journeymathematical — 2023-12-29 21:43:33 UTC

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is a temple of Catholic worship located in the city of the same name, in the center of the province of La Coruña, in Galicia (Spain). It houses what, according to tradition, is the tomb of the Apostle Santiago, a fact that turned this temple into one of the main pilgrimage destinations in Europe during the Middle Ages through the so-called Camino de Santiago, a religious route that connected the peninsula. Iberia with the rest of the continent