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Showing posts with label Ronda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ronda. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
What bull
[April 16, Ronda]
Ronda is the home of modern bull-fighting, a creation of Francisco Romero in the early 1700's. The Ronda style is classic, pure, severe -- not like the flamboyant show-boats of Sevilla.
Juan Bosco doesn't live here anymore
[April 16, Ronda]
In Ronda we find the House of Don Bosco. Saint Juan Bosco was the founder of the Salesian order. This house is gorgeously beatific, but the saint never lived in it, or even visited it. It was a charitable contribution by a resident of Ronda to the religious order, meant as a retirement home for priests.
In Ronda we find the House of Don Bosco. Saint Juan Bosco was the founder of the Salesian order. This house is gorgeously beatific, but the saint never lived in it, or even visited it. It was a charitable contribution by a resident of Ronda to the religious order, meant as a retirement home for priests.Moor is more
[April 16, Ronda]
The Modragon Palace was the 14th c. home of the Moorish kings pre-reconquista, and gives some idea of the graceful lifestyle they enjoyed.
A church unmosqued
[April 16, Ronda]
The Christian reconquistas, after a good siege and sack of a Moorish stronghold, loved nothing more than to press home their point by building a cathedral on the ruins of a mosque. Santa Maria la Mayor shows something of its former occupant in its ground plan and tower (former minaret),
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Ronda rough and rugged rock the ragged rascals ran
{April 15, Ronda]
Ronda [map] is one of Andalucia's "white towns", whitewashed hill towns with roots back to Moorish times. These lay along the frontier of the Reconquista, changing hands from Moors to Christians (and sometimes back again), and a culture reflecting both heritages. In visual aspect, and with flamenco, bullfights, and gazpacho, they are the quintessential "Spain" to many people.
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