The Cathedral of Seville is the largest gothic cathedral, the third largest cathedral and is also the final resting place of Christopher Columbus. The Cathedral of Seville was built by converting a mosque that was originally built on the site. The construction of the mosque started in 1172 and when Seville was concurred by Ferdinand…
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Fountain of Neptune is one of the most beautiful fountains in Madrid, Spain. The Fountain of Neptune is an iconic marble fountain representing Neptune, the god of the sea. The fountain is located in the center of Plaza de Canovas del Castillo or better known as Plaza de Neptuno. The fountain was commissioned by King…
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The Torre Glòries is the tallest building in Barcelona. The Torre Glòries is one of the symbols of contemporary Barcelona. It is an enormous bullet-shaped cylinder building that towers above all of the other buildings in the city. The building was completed in 2005 but its original name was Torre Agbar (Agbar Tower) which was…
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Don Quixote is an epic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes published in 1605. The novel is about a chivalrous madman named Don Quixote and his simple peasant sidekick Sancho Panza from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals from knights doing valiant quests in the books that he…
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The Synagogue of Santa Marina La Blanca was built in 1180 in Toledo, Spain and is disputably considered to be the oldest synagogue building still standing in Europe. The name of the Synagogue is unusual for a Synagogue but the name is explained by its history. Its original name was Ibn Shushan Syanagogue but in…
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The “Rocks of Fame” are located near the Tenerife Auditorium in the city of Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. I call them the “Rocks of Fame” because they reminded me of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California. The Rocks of Fame are a huge rock that…
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Retiro Park is an approximately 300 acre urban green space in the center of Madrid, Spain. The park was built in the 17th century but was not opened to the public until 1868 and is Madrid’s version of New York’s Central Park. The park is dominated by trees in all directions but is packed with…
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This post is a continuation of my previous post on the Alhambra Palace. The Alhambra Palace and the gardens are so spectacular that I wanted to dedicate one post to the palace and a second post to the Alhambra Gardens and the Generalife Palace. The gardens cover a vast amount of space but they are…
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The Alhambra Palace is a massive complex with multiple sites within the Nasrid Palace. The complex was once a fortress and is made up of several separate buildings with different access point and garden areas. The Alhambra is located west of the city of Granada in Spain. It sits on top of the al-Sabika hill…
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The Arc de Triomf is located near the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, Spain. The monument was built in 1888 as the gateway to the world’s fair and has now become one of the city’s iconic landmarks. The height of the monument is approximately 30 meters which is roughly half the size of the…
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Metropol Parasol is a contemporary landmark located in Seville, Spain. This extraordinary flowing structure consists of six huge linked parasols made of waffle type crisscrossing wooden beams. The structure’s size measures 492 feet long, 246 feet wide, 92 feet high and is coated with a clear polyurethane that makes it weatherproof but is elastic and…
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Park Guell is a large park outside the city center of Barcelona, Spain. The majority of the park is green space which is free to the public but the most famous part of the park called the monumental zone requires a ticket and access is limited to 400 people per half hour. The entire complex…
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