Cordoba
Two cities with lots of art in common "The Andalusian Baroque." Much to say that the Church of Aurora Prieto, the Shrine of San Mateo de Lucena not far behind ..... This and more things to do these two cities.
has been a pleasure trip, a trip as they say now, (do not know what I'm gonna run away if I have nothing that I ate).
My wife and I took two days without the threat of rain to move to these sites. And at 6:03 we take the midpoint of ADIF bound for Central Córdoba Station. (12, 25 euros each).
In three hours we put the train in Cordoba. The bus stops out priego hour and a half later, so after breakfast we went to find the church of S. Hippolytus to see and photograph the coffin of the English monarchs Ferdinand IV and his son Alfonso XI. No luck. The church was closed and the faculty we are not open. Another day will be.
The bus went out of Cordoba, Priego led us to where we arrived at 12:30. This road trip would have cost me more than 4 hours of nervousness, constant alert and danger of accidents, apart from not being able to have a beer on the way .... I prefer public transportation.
And we reached the town of Priego. Its bus station is in the same building as the local police, so this gives a sense of security.
Passing City Hall we took the photo that make all the legs .....
The bus went out of Cordoba, Priego led us to where we arrived at 12:30. This road trip would have cost me more than 4 hours of nervousness, constant alert and danger of accidents, apart from not being able to have a beer on the way .... I prefer public transportation.
And we reached the town of Priego. Its bus station is in the same building as the local police, so this gives a sense of security.
Passing City Hall we took the photo that make all the legs .....
We spent by the tourist office and then ate at a bar in the Plaza of the Constitution. In turning to the accommodation in Baños de la Villa, we passed the Tour of Colombia and Adarve who brought us memories of last time we visited .....
and walked the streets with their multicolored floral ...
was also in the Fuente del Rey, Health Source, Church of Aurora, and finally we went to the hotel because we were meeting at 20:00 Arab baths and massage ....( What a great time I step ...)
That night we went out to dinner and stroll through the intricate streets of Barrio de la Villa de Priego. .. What is the spell of a Moorish quarter with its narrow streets enreversadas smelling the fragrance of flowers ....
In the morning the next day and after breakfast, we headed to the bus station to move to Lucena.
At 10:00 we reached our destination having spent Carcabuey and Goat .... The main objective of this visit was the Tabernacle of the Church of San Mateo style Andalusian Baroque, and see also Moral castle. Both are very close to each other. In the Plaza Nueva in the Plaza de San Miguel. Lucena is holiday! Are
Lucena Aracelitanas celebrating the holidays or fiestas in honor of the patron Ntra.Sra. Araceli. And on Sunday 24, procession the image of the Virgin of Araceli from the Sanctuary to the Parish of San Mateo.
The Blessed. Virgin is the note a little jealous of the beauty of Aracelitana Mayor, Inmaculada Hurtado, who is gorgeous.
The Plaza Nueva is full of lighting and did not allow us to make good photos of the City and the Parish ..
And we went into the parish to head immediately to the Tabernacle.
In this chapel the experts say it is a baroque jewel, I like I do not understand I can only add that I was looking at her and admire her more than ten minutes on each corner of this beautiful architecture. Shame not to know more about art to have a full enjoyment of these works.
Such as holidays, in some nursery children came to make an offering of flowers to the patron who was presiding over the high altar.
Once seen the parish, our next goal was the Castillo del Moral, restored and converted into headquarters for the Office of Tourism and Archaeological Museum in the city.
And we went into the museum ......
climbed to roof of the castle ....
And around we go through dangerous place for animals ...
Time is running out, and bear the fatigue of travel bag made us think to take a snack and a drink .... Anyway we went through a pottery where you buy the memory forever: A bowl decorated on the occasion of the city.
Anecdotally I can tell that in these two cities is made known through copies placed in strategic places of burial and requiem masses are taking place in those days .... I saw some of them, but out of respect I did not take pictures, until we saw them in the window of the bar where we were going to take a snack.
Entering saw two men dressed in black suit, black tie and white shirt. The closest thing to a funeral home workers. I thought it belonged to a funeral home bar, so we entered through a door and come out the other ......
We walked around it and found that there was no mortuary What a scare! We went back and ate. It was a bar for happy people! !
Nearby was the bus station.
rested for a while while waiting Immediately afterwards the bus and traveled to Cordoba.
At 15 minutes to get to Cordoba left a "Train going for Cadiz." At 19 we got out on the "Next Station: Puerto Real "..... The tour was over ......
We're thinking about something.
