IMAGES OF SPAIN

*Important Places and Their Significance

*Architecture of Spain

Alcala de Henares-The University

Plaza- Alcalá de Henares

Statue of Miguel De Cervantes

AvilaCity Wall

Avila at Night

Caceres

Santa María Church & Cathedral- Gothic period

Golfines de Abajo Palace-The Catholic Kings Isabella and Ferdinand, lived here

Mosque of Cordoba

The double arches, pictured above, were a new introduction to architecture, and helped support the tremendous weight of the higher ceilings. The double arches consist of a lower horseshoe arch and an upper semi-circular arch.

Roman Bridge on Guadalquivir River Built in the beginning of Ist Cent AD

Roman Bridge with the Mosque Complex

Same view at Night

Water Wheel On the River Guadalquivir, just downstream from the Puente Romano (Roman Bridge) is a restored Islamic water wheel that once would have raised water to the caliph's palace.

St. Peter’s Church- Baroque Style

Cuenca

Hanging House or Casas Colgadas

Mérida-Roman Amphitheatre

Salamanca-The University

Santiago de Compostela -San Martín Pinario Monastery

Segovia-Roman Aqueduct

12th-17th century fortress, Segovia

Tarragona- Roman Amphitheatre

Toledo

Burgos-Cathedral

Alhambra-Granada

Four great halls enclose the famous Patio de los Leones, the "lions' court". The figures of lions that carry the fountain is a curiosity in Arabian art, as the figurative representation of animals (as well as humans) is forbidden by the Koran

Patio de los Arrayanes: A large court with columns of marble and a beautiful central fountain

Moorish Gardens in Generelife

San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Courtyard in front of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

The Patio de las Doncellas (Courtyard of the Maidens) in the Alcazar in Seville

Gaudi’s BarcelonaSagrada Familia

Casa Milà

Madrid-Royal Palace