Detail InformationEdit The Forum Building, also known as Museu Blau de les Ciències Naturals, is an architectural landmark in Barcelona designed by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (Herzog & de Meuron),.The building is triangular in shape, measuring 180 metres on each side and 25 metres in height, located within the triangle […]
Detail InformationEdit The roman colony of Emerita Augusta (current day Mérida) was founded in 25 BC by Octavius Augustus, to resettle emeritus soldiers discharged from the Roman army from two veteran legions of the Cantabrian Wars: Legio V Alaudae and Legio X Gemina. The city was the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. The […]
Detail InformationEdit The so-called Pavellons Güell, or Güell Pavilions, is a complex of buildings in the neighborhood of Pedralbes, Barcelona, by the Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí, built between 1884 and 1887. Gaudí received the commission from his great patron, count Eusebi Güell. Güell had an estate in the Les Corts district of the small […]
Detail InformationEdit The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba is arguably the most significant monument in the whole of the western Moslem World and one of the most amazing buildings in the world in its own right. The complete evolution of the Omeyan style in Spain can be seen in its different sections, as well as the Gothic, […]
Detail InformationEdit One of the most emblematic monuments of the ancient city of Tarraco. It was built in the first century B.C. From the Roman period it still retains one of its side towers. It has a rectangular base and part is still covered by a barrel arch. The underground vaulted chamber is linked to […]
Detail InformationEdit The fortress –actually a citadel– is a Renaissance work dating from the mid-16th century, which was reformed both for the purpose of extending and reinforcing it in the two subsequent centuries on the orders of King Charles I of Spain. It is a star-shaped pentagonal walled enclosure with triangular bastions reinforced at the […]
Detail InformationEdit This palace, situated on Monte de El Pardo hill, on the outskirts of Madrid, has been the official residence of the Spanish monarchs since 1975. In 1627 Philip IV commissioned the construction of this country palace or hunting lodge. The architect Juan Gomez de Mora designed a sober rectangular building, in the typical […]
Detail InformationEdit Situated just next to the Cistercian convent, in Plaza de las Duenas, this monumental fountain was built in white Italian marble in the second half of the 20th century. In the shade of the trees, the crystal-clear water leaps playfully into the two marble bowls and refreshes the atmosphere in this triangular plaza. […]
Detail InformationEdit This 2-storey rectangular building is built of masonry and has stone elements. The cornice is decorated with tryglyphs and metopes. It has been restored and is now used as a cultural centre and a museum offering an exhibition of a varied collection of sculpture, sacred ornaments and gold objects. HistoryEdit N.A. Must SeeEdit […]
Detail InformationEdit Near the Church of La Magdalena, situated in the former Huerta de Albacete, this magnificent sanctuary was built in the 15th century, on the exact spot where there was an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Most of the features of the Medieval building were covered over during the Baroque restoration, but some of […]