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Here is an old Spanish town in Extramadura with most of its
midevil city walls still standing and all four of the old city
gates! This nifty map below gives you a good idea of the layout
of the city and also a little 3rd dimension of some of the old
buildings (mostly churches) thrown in. |
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At the bottom (#34 & 36) is a nice island park in the
river that the community has nicely developed for the kids sports
and weekend family picnics. Below left is their Cathedral church
of Santa Maria. There is an "old" cathedral and a
"new" cathedral so I hope I have the right name. These
buildings are in pretty good shape for being 600 years old. |
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As you can see in the upper right, the city has converted the
center of their plaza mayor into an nice area for sitting and
visiting and thats where you'll find the old folks in the morning
and the younger set at night. In the afternoon in is usually a
little too hot. I myself believe they should plant some trees
there. The lower right picture is the Palace of the Marquis de
Mirabel I believe. |