Remembering the Batttle of the Ebro. Episode 1: Fayón
At midnight on July 25, 1938, the Republican army crossed the Ebro, attacking and breaking through the nationalist defensive lines between Amposta and Mequinensa.
After 115 days of terrible fights, and while Franco's army was advancing, the Republican troops began a gradual withdrawal.
Today, seventy five years later, the remains of the battle are still present in many of the sceneries of the regions in Terra Alta and Ribera de Ebro. The visit to these places and to the historical interpretation centers which contextualize them, allow you to have an approach to those facts in the same place where they were wrote and they let us reflect on the words from the American philosopher George Santayana: People who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.
Vlog 35# Volvemos a Farena, nuestro pueblo medieval preferido de Tarragona | MundoXDescubrir
Visitamos uno de nuestros pueblos favoritos :) Y es que Farena es de los pueblos medievales más bonitos de la provincia de Tarragona, que suerte tenerlo tan cerquita.
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Peñíscola, Comunidad Valenciana - #SpaininDetail
Peñíscola es uno de los principales centros turísticos de la provincia de Castellón, en la Comunidad Valenciana. También conocida como Ciudad en el Mar, está coronada en lo más alto del peñón por el Castillo del Papa Luna, una fortaleza templaria que te hace viajar en el tiempo.
Peñíscola is one of the most popular tourist resorts in the province of Castellón, Region of Valencia. The castle, perched on a large ridge overlooking the sea, offers a glimpse of its past at a time when knights and battlemented fortresses occupied the lands of El Maestrazgo.
Old Cathedral of Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
The Cathedral of St. Mary of La Seu Vella is the former cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida, in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, located on top of Lleida hill. In 1707, the Gothic cathedral was turned into a military citadel by decision of King Philip V of Spain. The new cathedral, known as the Seu Nova and located downhill at Carrer Major, was consecrated in 1781. Nevertheless, the Seu Vella is the defining monument of Lleida, the symbol of the city, being visible from its hilltop site anywhere in the city. The site was previously occupied by a Palaeo-Christian and Visigothic cathedral, which later, after the Islamic conquest of Spain, was rebuilt in 832 to be used as a mosque. In 1149, after the city's conquest by the Christian Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Ermengol VI of Urgell (1149), the structure was reconsecrated as Santa Maria Antiqua, and entrusted to canons regular. In 1193, however, the Lleida cathedral chapter ordered the construction of a new edifice, following the contemporary Romanesque architectural canons, to master Pere de Coma. The first stone was laid in 1203 by King Peter II of Aragon and count Ermengol VII of Urgell. Construction continued throughout the reign of James I of Aragon. It was consecrated to the Virgin Mary on 31 October 1278. The cloisters were not completed until the 14th century, at which time work on the belltower was begun. It was finished in 1431. In 1707, the city was conquered by the troops of Philip V: the king ordered the destruction of the cathedral because it has taken a prominent part in the city's defense. Nevertheless, the order was never executed, and the cathedral was converted into barracks. The building was declared a national monument in 1918, and restoration works were started in 1950. The cathedral is designed in a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. It lacks almost any influence of Islamic architecture. The floor plan is of a basilica in a Latin cross with a nave and two aisles. The tower is octagonal with a central space of five apses. The interior was decorated in painted murals and sculpture, much of which is still preserved, but much of which has been despoiled during the War of Spanish Succession. The octagonal tower is 12.65 metres (41.5 ft) in diameter at its base, but 9.62 metres (31.6 ft) at the top. Its maximum height is 60.00 metres (196.85 ft) and it contains 238 steps. A bell named Mònica announces the quarter-hours and one Silvestra announces the hours. The bells are of the international Gothic style of the 15th century. The cloister is unusually placed in front of the main entrance of the church, and is notable for both its rare opened gallery with views over the city and for its extraordinary size. In fact, this cloister has been regarded as one of the largest cloisters in Europe. This cloister has 17 ornate Gothic windows, each them different. Among them, one could point out the Muslim window of the palmtrees and the central one of the westernmost wing, with a complex decoration witch includes both a King David's Star and a Christian cross.