This huge 70-meter-long attraction features Gulliver from the story of Gulliver’s Travels, a famous work by writer Jonathan Swift. The Gulliver Park is located in the old bed of the Turia river. This playground is a large-scale Gulliver, lying on the floor with his clothes and his hair forming ramps, slides, and stairs. The children have fun […]
A 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as “the Good”, Lee Van Cleef as “the Bad”, and Eli
A medieval alcázar rising out on a rocky crag above the confluence of two rivers near the Guadarrama
Spanish writer was born in 1547 in Alcala de Henares and moved to Rome 22 years later
On 19 March 1882, construction of the Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is […]
Villa Quijano is a summer country house. It was built from 1883 to 1885, around the same time as Gaudí’s Casa Vicens and the Güell pavilions in Barcelona. In all three buildings, in addition to some early elements of modernism, there are above all clear references to the Mudéjar style. The salient feature of the villa is […]
The two deaths caused by love inspired the citizens of Teruel and they demanded that the two be buried side by side so that at least in death they could be together. This request was granted by the church. The fame of the couple soon spread through Spain and in 1560 their mummies were exhumed and placed […]
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was a Castilian knight in medieval Spain. The Moors called him El Cid. He was born in Vivar del Cid, a village near the city of Burgos. Díaz de Vivar became well known for his service in the armies of both Christian and Muslim rulers, his exile, and his temporary conquest of Valencia, […]
