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| Madrid: The Royal Palace, viewed from Jardines de Sabatini, replaced the Alcazar(Castle) which burned down in 1734 |
The Royal Palace, viewed from the Cathedral |
Palacio de Comunicaciones - The Main Post Office |
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| Cibeles Fountain, erected 1780(in front of Post Office) |
Plaza de la Villa - |
- with Casa de Cisneros(rear centre) built in 1537 |
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| Street sign, made from decorative tiles |
Southwest corner of Plaza Mayor (designed 1619) |
Northwest corner of Plaza Mayor |
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| Statue of Goya, outside Prado |
Main entrance Prado Museum |
Iglesia de los Jeronimos, behind Prado |
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Avila: City walls (looking into the sun),
8 monumental gates and 88 towers |
Plaza de la Santa with Puerta de Santa Teresa (left side of picture) |
Convento de Santa Teresa, built 1636 |
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| Avila Cathedral, earliest Gothic Church in Spain |
13th century interior |
Red and white limestone gives an unusual mottled appearance |
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| Stone vaulted ceiling in Cathedral |
Going out of the old city through Puerta de San Vicente |
Leaving Avila behind across the valley |
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| Segovia: Roman Aqueduct 1st cent' AD |
28 metres high, 894 metres long, made up of 163 Arches |
No mortar used in the construction and still intact after 2000 years! |
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| Cathedral, Segovia, completed in 1577 |
Plaza Mayor in front of Cathedral |
Alcazar, Segovia, (viewed from below and against the sun) |
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| Alcazar, Segovia, dating from Roman times rebuilt and expanded in 13th & 14th centuries |
View through windows in royal apartments |
Leaving Segovia |
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| Madrid: Monumento al Descubrimiento (Monument to the discovery of America) |
Monument to Christopher Columbus |
Jardines de Descubrimiento |
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| Official old and used books market |
Unofficial old and used books market |
Pavement Cafe at book market |
