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Asturias: Secret Marketing Carved in Stone Since the Middle Ages

Today, like that cunning Ulysses who embarked on the hero's journey compelled by the gods, we too feel the call of adventure and return to Asturias, aware that ...

[ENG-SPN] Saint Martin of Tours: The Dark Night of the Medieval Soul / San Martín de Tours: la noche oscura del alma medieval

Another of the most spectacular Romanesque architectural gems in this area of the Sierra de la Demanda is located a few kilometers further on, in a picturesque ...

[ENG-SPN] Esoteric Castile: Templars, the Grail, and Romanesque Art / Castilla esotérica: templarios, Grial y románico

If it is said that Castilian Spanish was born in an obscure corner of the Merindades region of Burgos, this area where we find ourselves now, the Sierra de la D...

[ENG-SPN] Fulcanelli, Cioran, and a Church in Aranda / Fulcanelli, Cioran y una iglesia en Aranda

Perhaps that unfortunate son of pessimism, the Romanian thinker Emil Cioran, was right when he asserted, in one of his best-known books, "Syllogisms of Madness,...

[ENG-SPN] Medieval Marketing and Timeless Beauty / Marketing medieval y belleza sin caducidad

Gothic architecture was practically on the verge of mirroring the sun's daily journey to the sunset when the Catholic Monarchs, with the invaluable collaboratio...

[ENG-SPN] The Bulls of Guisando: Where History Changed Forever / Toros de Guisando: donde la historia cambió para siempre

Today, on a beautiful spring Sunday, the golden compass of adventure invites us on a brief journey through time, pointing us toward one of those enigmatic corne...

The Hill of Hell: History, Storms, and Legend in Laredo

Today we are captivated by the picturesque charm of a Cantabrian seaside town, from whose memorable shipyards emerged many of the ships that made up the ill-fat...

[ENG-SPN] Pineda de la Sierra: School of Sanctuaries / Pineda de la Sierra: Escuela de Santuarios

When speaking of trees, the first thing that came to mind for that contemplative Nobel Prize winner of German origin, Hermann Hesse, was to refer to them as ‘sa...

[ENG-SPN] Quintanilla: The Abyss of Time / Quintanilla: El Abismo del Tiempo

A short distance from Lara, so insignificant that the proud medieval counts kept it in their sights from the sturdy towers of a fortress that the wind finally b...

[ENG-SPN] Lara de los Infantes: When Castile Was Born Between Myth and Sword / Lara de los Infantes: cuando Castilla nació entre mito y espada

Lara is a surname that immediately connects us to a vanished world, but whose fragments, scattered like breadcrumbs across the most solitary corners of a legend...

Santo Domingo de Silos: The Cloister Where Our Fears Were Born

In its cloister still stands that symbol of immortality, the cypress tree to which the illustrious poet, Gerardo Diego, dedicated one of his celebrated sonnets....

[ENG-SPN] Castile: Where History Dared to Dream / Castilla: donde la Historia se atrevió a soñar

We temporarily leave behind the captivating lands of Guadalajara and, following the whims of our golden compass, begin a new logbook through the boundless heart...

[ENG-SPN] Brihuega: The Mystery Beneath the Earth / Brihuega: el misterio bajo la tierra

To conclude a visit to a place as culturally rich as Brihuega, one must delve into another of its fascinating ancient mysteries, which, without a doubt, as one ...

Pilgrims of the Invisible

There is no doubt that there are many ways to travel beyond the quintessential physical journey. As beings in transit, and despite our apparent sedentary nature...

[ENG-SPN] The Black Virgin that Crowns the Alcarria / La Virgen Negra que Corona la Alcarria

Without diminishing the beauty and cultural importance of the places in Brihuega we have seen so far—the Church of Saint Phillip, the Church of Saint Michael, a...

[ENG-SPN] Brihuega: The Hybrid Castle That Captivated Napoleon / Brihuega: el castillo híbrido que cautivó a Napoleón

Just a short walk separates us from the Church of San Miguel, the ancient city walls, and the popular Puerta de la Guía (Guide Gate), built into one of the medi...

[ENG-SPN] From Fire to Cultural Center: The Second Life of San Miguel / Del incendio al centro cultural: la segunda vida de San Miguel

In the church of San Miguel, we find another Romanesque gem, a must-see if we wish to immerse ourselves, even in a dreamy, metaphorical way, in the medieval spi...

[ENG-SPN] Saint Phillips and the Templar Temptation / San Felipe y la tentación templaria

Brihuega is perhaps the most splendid place in the Alcarria region for any adventurer who, interested not only in history but also in those mysterious gaps that...

[ENG-SPN] The Enigma of Mary Magdalene Among the Stones of the Alcarria / El enigma de María Magdalena entre las piedras de la Alcarria

It would have been too strange to travel through a land brimming with clues and mysteries of the past, as the Alcarria region certainly is, and not stumble upon...

[ENG-SPN] Bosch: The Painter of the Unknowable / El Bosco: El Pintor de lo Incognoscible

One of the fathers of Surrealism, André Breton, defined man as "that ultimate dreamer," a definition which, applied to the supernatural enigma that is Bosch, fa...