Friday, May 19, 2017

Teruel.

One of a kind. Wish we could have stayed longer. Excellent examples of mudejar architecture. Mudejar is the name of Muslims who chose to stay on after the reconquest of Spain in 14th century. Craftsmanship was unparalleled so they had constant employment building. So most of the important buildings in town are of a very unique arabic style. There is a huge cathedral dedicated to Mary (who else) built in beautiful arabic style. Right down to the decorations on the altar. Stunning.
Teruel is also home to the mausoleum of the two lovers. (Look up the story of the Teruel Lovers.) 8th century.
We got to see the tomb and remains housed in a beautiful marble casket in a glorious room of a fantastic building in an enchanting town.
I would return again. (Also a hotspot of modernista architecture around 1910)

Church of Mary in Arabic style.
Another view.
Nice to see another cult in town apart from the cult of Mary. The cult of the bull.
Exquisite detail of the two lovers hands. Note they don't touch. The church forbade it.

Their remains lie within.
Exterior of the mausoleum.
An arabic Christian church. Only in Teruel.
One of the many beautiful towers in Teruel.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 20, 2017 at 1:03 AM

    Wow Wow Wow stunnings buildings can't wait to see the Pyrenees it's the border between Spain and France is'nt it

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    1. MarkMay 20, 2017 at 7:19 AM

      Yeah. We had no idea except that someone told us not to miss it. And yes. Pyrenees are on the border. We are in France again now. Left Spain this morning. Not really France or Spain here. It's Basque. Own language food culture style of building. France and Spain are very recent. Basque is very old. They were here when the mountains formed. So even though we are in France we feel like we are in the same place we were when we were in Spain. The Pyrenees.

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  2. UnknownMay 20, 2017 at 5:07 AM

    What a beautiful story❤

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    1. MarkMay 20, 2017 at 7:19 AM

      Yes. Beautiful. The building they are housed in is a stunner.

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