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SPRING IN SPAIN & PORTUGAL - 2006

Most of this material has now been moved and improved and can now be found on the Spain & Portugal Photo and History Pages in Paradoxplace

"The Bull" stands proudly on the most visible ridges all over Spain. Originally introduced in 1956 as advertizing for the Osborne sherry and brandy company, there was a national outcry when, in the wake of new EU laws banning roadside advertizing outside towns, the bulls faced extinction. But following petitions etc the bulls (sans Osborne logos) were reclassified as official historical monuments and lived on. Thanks to the Michelin Green Guide for this and much other interesting information ... it's the one guide that Dom P always has in his whatever (and he doesn't even get paid for this plug) !

Dom Paradox's Spanish and Portuguese route (from the bottom of this page up)

Madrid (bottom of this page), Avila, Salamanca, Toledo, Granada, Cordoba, Carmona, Seville, Huelva, Salema (SW tip of Portugal), Evora (near the 'a' of Badajoz), Batalha (near the 'r' of Portugal), Santiago de Compostela, the Pilgrims' Road (or Camino de Santiago or Camino Frances if going east like us) - Leon, Burgos, Jaca (north of Huesca) - Rueda (south of Zaragosa), Poblet and Santes Creus (W of Barcelona) ..... then after 6 weeks and 7,000 Kms it's on to France ......

Rueda - Chapter House

NORTH-EAST SPAIN LINKS / LAST UPDATES

SANTES CREUS (Cistercian)	4 June	POBLET (Cistercian)	4 June
*REAL MONASTERIO DE NEUSTRA SENORA DE RUEDA - CISTERCIAN MONASTERY IN ARAGON, NOW MAGNIFICENTLY RESTORED WITH AN EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE HOTEL IN THE REBUILT ABBOT'S PALACE*	*3 June*

Canas - Cloister Capital

NORTH SPAIN LINKS / LAST UPDATES

*ABBEY OF SANTA MARIA DE LA OLIVA (CISTERCIAN), NAVARRA*	*20 June*	*ABBEY OF SAN SALVADOR DE LYRE (BENEDICTINE, SOMETIME CISTERCIAN), NAVARRA*	*31 May*
*AROUND NAVARRA AND NORTH ARAGON*	*16 June*	*CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA LA REAL IN SANGÜESA*	*16 June*
*SAN MILLÁN ET AL (LA RIOJA), AND THE SIERRA DE LA DEMANDA*	*29 May*	SANTA MARIA DEL SALVADOR - CISTERCIAN NUNNERY IN CANAS (LA RIOJA)	*31 May*

Walkers outside the monastery of Santo Domingo de Samos

Map of the Camino de Compostela / Camino Frances - from the excellent MSM book "The Roads to Santiago de Compostella"

The old bridge at Lerma

NORTH-WEST SPAIN LINKS / LAST UPDATES

*LEÓN*	*28 June*	*BURGOS INCLUDING THE CISTERCIAN NUNNERY OF LOS HUELGAS AND MONSATERY OF SAN PEDRO IDE GARDENA*	*19 June*
*CAMINO FRANCES FROM SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA TO LEON*	*28 May*	*CAMINO FRANCES FROM LEON TO BURGOS*	*19 June*
*A VERY OLD MOZARABIC MONASTERY AND AN OLD CISTERCIAN NUNNERY ON THE RIO ESLA*	*28 May*	VILLASIRGA - THE TEMPLAR CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA LA BLANCA	*17 June*
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA	*19 June*	*MONASTERIO DE SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS & THE ARLANZA VALLEY*	*16 June*

Cistercian Monastery of Alcobaca

CENTRAL PORTUGAL LINKS / LAST UPDATES

ALCOBACA ABBEY (CISTERCIAN)	*29 May*	BATALHA ABBEY (ROYAL DOMINICAN)	*16 July*
TOMAR (TEMPLAR HEADQUARTERS) - SADLY ON STRIKE - WHAT WOULD SAN BERNARDO HAVE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT?
The monasteries are located near to the "o" in "Portugal" on the map

Salema, near Cape Saint Vincent in SW Portugal

SOUTH PORTUGAL LINKS / LAST UPDATES

CABO DE SÃO VICENTE	*16 May*	SALEMA	*16 May*
*WILD FLOWER VISTAS ON THE ROAD NORTH TO EVORA*	*28 May*
Salema and Cape S Vincent are located near to the "A" in "Ayamonte" on the map

ANDALUCIA LINKS / LAST UPDATES

GRANADA	*16 May*	ALHAMBRA (GRANADA)	16 May
THE GREAT MOSQUE OF CORDOBA	8 May	*SEVILLE*	16 May
SOUTH-WEST ANDALUCIA	*22 June*	NORTH-WEST ANDALUCIA	18 May
COLOMBUS & RABIDA CONVENT (HUELVA)	*16 May*	AL-ANDALUS HISTORY	20 June

CENTRAL SPAIN LINKS / LAST UPDATE

*MADRID / SEGOVIA / AVILA*	*16 May*	*TOLEDO*	*16 May*
*SALAMANCA*	*16 May*

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