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Bellatrovata
SPRING IN SPAIN 2006 SAN MIGUEL DE ESCALADA GRADEFES (CISTERCIAN NUNNERY) AND THE STORKS AND FLOWERS OF THE RIO ESLA VALLEY (SOUTH OF LEON)
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Map of the Camino de Compostela / Camino Frances - from the excellent MSM book "The Roads to Santiago de Compostella" |
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The Monastery Church of San Miguel de Escalada - a rare and very old Mozarabic masterpiece |
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A capital from one of the horseshoe arches which form the entrance to the old church on the left. Some of the capitals and columns date back to the 700s or earlier |
An inscription over the main door commemorates a visit to the monastery by King Ferdinand and his wife Doņa Sancha in 1050 |
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below The Cistercian Nunnery of Santa Maria la Real, Gradafes, founded in 1168 and heavily guarded by storks and barred doors which protect the nuns and stopped Dom P photographing the cloisters and chapter house
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below Elsewhere in the Rio Esla valley
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