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View of the Alhambra (13th-14th cent.) & orchards from the Generallife Gardens
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Alhambra Gardens
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Garden Fountain & irrigation channel
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Map of the Alhambra: Generalife gardens blue, Nazaries Palace purble
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Renaissance Palace of Charles V (for official functions)
Palacios Nazaries, the Moorish royal palace
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Courtyard of the Myrtles
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Courtyard of the Lions columns
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Decorative 'stalactites on the cornice
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Courtyard of the Lions
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View of the Lion Fountain
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Moorish tilework
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Where Washington Irving wrote Tales of the Alhambra (1829)
He later served as Ambassador to Spain (1842-46)
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Parador or hotel in in Úbeda, a 16th century palace
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on the hotel stairway |
Úbeda wedding party
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Úbeda Lamp
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Toledo
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Toledo Street
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Toledo Cathedral Altar
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Toledo Synagogue
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Built in the Moorish style
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Leaving Toledo
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The Crystal Palace in a Madrid Park (Jardines del Buen Retiro)
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Arab Tent made of women's robes inside the Crystal Palace
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Topiary in the Park
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Egyptian Temple in Madrid
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The Prado Museum
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Velazquez, "Las Meninas"
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Goya, "The 3rd of May, 1808"
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Reina Sofia Museum Elevators
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Madrid Bear, in Puerto del Sol
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Plaza de la Villa & former Town Hall
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Madrid Shop
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España Cani ('Gypsy Cafe')
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The Royal Palace
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The Palace Gates
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The Royal Palace
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Flamenco in a Madrid restaurant
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Farewell Dinner in Madrid
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Barcelona: Sagrada Familia, Nativity Facade
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Nativity Facade Details (Gaudi's design 1883-)
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Details with instrumentalists of Gaudi's Nativity Facade, the only part finished in his lifetime
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Details (Gaudi's design)
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Passion Facade (not Gaudi's design)
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Sagrada Familia, Columns and stained glass
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Sagrada Familia windows
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Sagrada Familia organ pipes
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Barcelona Conservatory
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Barcelona Building
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Madrid (Prado), 'Las Meninas' by Velazquez (detail)
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Barcelona, ''Las Meninas' by Picasso (one of 40)
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Gaudi's 'La Pedrera' (or 'Casa Milà'), 1906-12
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Barcelona's "Street of Discord"
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Alcazar near Huesca
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en route to San Sebastian in Basque country
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San Sebastian, Basque country
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San Sebastian bandstand
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San Sebastian park
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Viscaya Bridge (1893) crossing Biscay Bay to our hotel in Santurtzi ("Puente Colgante" or Hanging Bridge)
This is the world's oldest transporter bridge, built by a disciple of Gustave Eiffel, and is a World Heritage Site.
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Hotel Palacio del Oriol in Santurtzi near Bilbao
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View from the hotel
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Bilbao Subway
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Window detail in Bilbao
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Bilbao Sculpture
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Approach to the Guggenheim Museum
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The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
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Museum with Anish Kapoor's "Tall Tree & the Eye"
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At the museum pool
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The Guggenheim Museum Interior
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Guggenheim Stairway
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Louise Bourgeois' "Maman"
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Guggenheim Gallery with Frank Serra works
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Guggenheim Exterior
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Jeff Koon's "Puppy"
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Approach to Burgos Cathedral |
Cathedral Courtyard |
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Burgos Cathedral
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Cathedral Entry
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Lower Cloister
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Organ with horizontal trumpet pipes
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Snake Carving
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Inlaid Choir Seats |
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The Golden Stairway (designed by a Flemish disciple of Michelangelo)
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Cathedral Interior
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Cloister Windows
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