Saturday, 19 July 2008

Walk in the centre

In the plaza Juan de Lima theres a little white church...


...a facade with palm leaves and the dr. Urculo Burgaz dental clinic...

...a house built by English in eclectic style:

...and the back of the eclectic building makes it even more eclectic :P


and an Alpargateria...I dont think theres many shops in Spain still called flip-flop shop:


From the back street of the Plaza Juan de Lima,

we arrive to a "back square":



The market (el mercado de Abastos o Mercado Ingeniero Torroja) is a dome of almost 50 m diameter, 9 cm thick and resting only in the 8 periferic columns. It was the biggest dome of his type since its construction in 1935 until 1960. The south east view of this building, milestone of spanish architecture in the xx century:

South view:
North west view:
A couple of details:


An old woman sits in La Plaza Alta:


Detail of the fountain of La Plaza Alta:

My favourite building in la Plaza Alta, the abandoned house of a doctor...unfortunately it might be destroyed soon :(


The church in Plaza Alta that CamarĂ³n used to sing to:


Esculture homage to the mother:

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