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You may have to reload this page to get all the border lines - why this is so is probably not nukelar science but it is a complete mystery to Paradox DOCG

"The Bull" stands proudly on many high 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 and nationwide protests the bulls (sensa 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 the Dom always has in his whatever (and he doesn't even get paid for this plug) !

Books about Spain and Portugal

Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) Chronology and Maps

Scholarship and Discovery in Medieval Spain

Reconquista (in preparation)

Some Memorable Tombs in Portugal and Spain

Spanish & Portuguese Abbey, Monastery, Nunnery, Mosque and Cathedral Links

Spanish & Portuguese Cistercian (*) Abbeys

Christian Kings and Queens of Spain from 970

About the Camino de Santiago and its Pilgrims

Spanish Roads to Santiago de Compostela

Web Gallery of Art - Art in Spain

1200s to 1600s

Links below lead to over 50 Spain & Portugal Photo and History Pages in Paradoxplace via Regional Directories

Camino de Santiago Photo Pages Map

Santiago de Compostela

Leon Cathedral

Santo Domingo de Silos

Olite Castle, Navarra

Navarre,

Aragón,

& Catalonia

Photo Pages

Central

Spain Photo

Pages

Plaza Mayor Madrid

Spanish and French Roads to Santiago de Compostela

Books about Spain

Abbey of Rueda, Aragon

Portugal

Photo

Pages

Royal Cistercian Monastery of Alcobaça

Abbey of Poblet, Catalonia

Salema, Portugal

Columbus and Rabida Convent

Nazrid Palace, Granada Alhambra

Great Mosque of Cordoba

Andalucia Photo Pages

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Paradoxplace Camino de Santiago Photo Pages

Our first major Spanish and Portuguese road trip in April-June 2006 took Dom Paradox on a paella-less and almost sea-less 7,000 Km drive kicking off in Madrid, and including Segovia, Avila, Salamanca, Toledo, Granada, Cordoba, Carmona (just to the East of Seville), Seville, Huelva, Salema (SW tip of Portugal), Evora (near the 'j' of Badajoz), Batalha (near the 'r' of Portugal),

Santiago de Compostela and the Pilgrims' Road (Camino de Santiago or Camino Frances if headed east like us) - Leon, Burgos & around N Castile & La Rioja, Jaca (north of Huesca) -

and around Navarra and N Aragon, Rueda (Aragon, south of Zaragosa), Poblet and Santes Creus (Catalonia, W of Barcelona) ... More from Catalonia in a future journey.