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| Philip Game | profile | all galleries >> Spain and Gibraltar (8 galleries) >> Spain's Silver Road, la Ruta de Plata | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Spain: following the ancient Silver Road, Ruta de Plata, south from Asturias to Andalucia, a journey providing an introduction to the best Spain has to offer, including the network of quality accommodation known as Paradores de Turismo. The Paradores serve as treasuries of Spanish art, as centres for the promotion of regional cuisines and as exemplars for the tourism industry.
The Ruta de Plata leads south from the Principality of Asturias on the north Atlantic coast, crossing the Cantabrian range then continuing south across the meseta, the great Castilian plain, to Extremadura and on to Andalucia and its celebrated capital, Seville, drawing together the threads of Iberian history along the way.
Original images were 35mm Fujichrome or Ektachrome transparencies. Ruta de la Plata sign on the N-630 |
 Enigmatic 'Osborne Bulls' perplex the passing motorist |
 Pouring cider at a sidreria in Gijon, Asturias |
 Aquarium at Gijon (Asturias) |
 Universidad Laboral at Gijon |
 Villaviciosa on the Atlantic coast of Asturias |
 Asturian horreo or granary |
 Oviedo Cathedral, Asturias |
 Oviedo Cathedral, showing slots for pilgrim ladders |
 Selling handmade Gamonedo cheese in Covadonga, Asturias |
 Selling local cheeses at Covadonga |
 Parador at Cangas de Onis, Asturias, an historic monastery |
 Hotel Aultre Naray, Cangas de Onis |
 Rio Cares Valley, Picos de Europa |
 Cattle on the road, Picos de Europa |
 Cattle on the road, Picos de Europa |
 Lago de Enol in the Picos de Europa, Asturias |
 Picos de Europa, Castilla y Leon. The Rio Cares valley |
 Sanctuary of Covadonga, Asturias |
 Rio Duje gorge, Picos de Europa |
 The Sanctuary of Covadonga |
 Sanctuary of Covadonga, Asturias |
 Sharing a joke, Covadonga, Asturias |
 16th C. Parador de San Marcos at Leon |
 Cloister of the Parador at Leon |
 Retablo or altar piece in the Leon Museum |
 Posters on a wall, Zamora |
 Colegio Anaya, now the faculty of philology, Salamanca |
 University city of Salamanca, Spain |
 Successful candidates wrote with ox blood on the college walls of Salamanca |
 Plaza Mayor, the main square of Salamanca |
 Bar staff, Salamanca |
 Salamanca's New Cathedral was to replace the 12th century building, but both survive |
 Ice-cream cone features in a bas-relief outside the New Cathedral, Salamanca |
 The university city of Salamanca, Spain (Plaza Mayor) |
 Main building of Salamanca University, older even than Oxford |
 Sierra de Francia, Salamanca. Cattle grazing by the roadside in early morning |
 Pine forests, Las Hurdes |
 Miranda de Cantanar, Sierra de Gata, Salamanca. Local character |
 Miranda de Cantanar |
 Sierra de Gredos countryside, Extremadura |
 Local nuts and honey for sale in La Alberca, Sierra de Gata (Las Hurdes) |
 Mountain village of Candelario, Sierra de Gredos, Extremadura |
 Plaza Mayor at Plasencia |
 Plasencia, Extremadura. Church tower with storks' nests |
 Plasencia: The Parador in this walled city is a 15th-17th C. convent |
 Plasencia, Extremadura. 15th-17th convent is now a Parador |
 Merida, Extremadura. Roman Theatre |
 Roman Theatre, Merida |
 Roman mosaic, Merida, Extremadura |
 Image of the Virgin Mary in ceramic tiles, Zafra, Extremadura |
 La Giralda, the Moorish tower of Sevilla Cathedral, illuminated by night |
 Burghers at ease, Sevilla |
 Cafe patrons, Sevilla |
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