Play Football

In José Barnés sports area, among other sports, you can play football (soccer in the States) on that artificial grass field.

Arcs

These arcs are the entrance to a residential area of the town of Los Alcazares, Mar Menor beaches.

Corpus Christi Monastery. Monasterio Del Corpus Christi.

18th Century. The church is built in the Baroque style and it was designed by the Master Bolarín el Viejo. It consists in three naves, a transept and a dome that were decorated by the painter Juan Ruiz Melgarejo. The main altarpiece is a work of José Ganga Ripoll. On the interior, images of the sculptor Francisco Salzillo and Roque López may be seen. The vane that finishes off the dome represents Custody. (Source: municipallity of Murcia)

Social Homes

In the hamlet (or parish, I'm not sure) of La Ñora, these social housing are homes to 29 families, for 150 euros per month (including electricity and water). The homes are on the ground floor houses with two bedrooms and other two-story of three and four bedrooms, according to the needs of each family group.

30 Years Ago

30 years have passed since that coup attempt in Spain. Everyone remembers what they were doing that day, but I was too young to remember clearly. All I remember is that I came home from school and my parents were watching television, something frightened or surprised. I do not know what was happening. It turned out that a group of Civil Guards (Guardias Civiles) entered the House of Representatives at the time of naming the new prime minister, Calvo Sotelo, and Adolfo Suarez resigned. Weapons in hand, came up firing, with the idea of a coup. They held the government and the deputies from 18:00 on February 23, 1981, until after noon the next day. During that period, in some areas of Spain such as Valencia, the military took tanks into the streets creating a state of emergency.
Well I will not extend, but spent much more.
The end result was the definitive consolidation of democracy in Spain.
The photo, I have taken from the web of RTVE.

Shapes In The Rock

I'll throw some imagination to the image. This photo, I was taken some time ago, and when I went to publish it, I stopped a moment to look at and ... I found the rock on the left looks like a figurehead.
These rocks are from an abandoned quarry.

Spanish Marine Avenue. Avenida De La Marina Española.

In the neighborhood of La Flota (The Fleet), near the beginning of the Juan de Borbon Avenue, is this another avenue in which you can find a school, residential buildings, duplex houses, and the sports center La Flota (C.D. La Flota) (background to the left of the image).
This district is a large residential area within the city.

Glorieta de España

This is the Square of Spain (Glorieta de España), where you can see the gardens and tapas bars in front of City Hall.

Highway To H...

Entrance with escalators, to the underground parking of the Avenida de la Libertad (Liberty Avenue). Also there are stairs and lifts.
Here an overview. Here is a picture in the works.

Taxi

Taxi stand next to the San Carlos Hospital.
Taxis in Murcia, are white with a red line sideways in the front doors of the car.

Make Sport. Your Body Will Thank You.

In those sports facilities, you can practice football indoor, basketball, football seven (on artificial grass). There are freely accessible on payment. Located in the neighborhood of La Flota.

An Old Moto Guzzi.

It is a Moto Guzzi 1965. Model: 74cc Dingo.
I remember that one of my grandparents had a bike like the one as in the photo, and in that bike (the bike of my grandfather)I rode many times when I was a child. I also remember that he said "Hold on strong to me. " I loved to hold on to my grandfather, and while he was driving cautiously, I think I never travel safely on the bike.

Guill Count. Conde De Guill

I've been looking for information about this count, but all I've found is that both the count of Guill and the marquis of Mayayo were landowners, and laborers were those who settled in this area and created the modern town of the Sangonera la Verde.
In the picture, the village of Earl Guill, called Torre Guill. The part demolished, had a tower.

Bonache

In the Plaza de las Flores, in the heart of Murcia, is the pastry Bonache. This bakery, which dates its founding in 1828, is reputed to make the best Murcian meat pies (pasteles de carne).

Beach Days

We're having a good days, climatologically speaking. In the Region of Murcia, the weekend was sunny. The paradox, were the temperatures: at night, 1 degree Celsius, and during the day, 20 degrees.
So, when you leave home in the morning, you do not know whether to go well wrapped or in sleeves.

College Of Dramatic Art And Dance. Escuela Superior De Arte Dramático Y Danza.

The Former Seminary Of San Fulgencio.
18th century. The origins of the seminary go back to 1592, during the era of Bishop Don Sancho Dávila. The current building was erected under the auspices of Bishop Don Luis Belluga, with the intent of improving the level of training and studies of the seminarians. At the seminary classes were given by the humanist Cascales and the rector was Salvador Jacinto Polo de Medina. It was another bishop, Rubín de Celis who would , in practice, convert the Seminary of San Fulgencio into a University, by giving it departments and improving its curriculum.
Currently the building contains the College of Dramatic Art and Dance. (Source: Municipallity of Murcia)

Exhibition "Mansions Of Greatness. Conventual Spanish City". Moradas De Grandeza

This is a unique opportunity to discover the mystery, withdrawal and silence that hides the monastic life through a tour framed in one of the most emblematic buildings of the city, recently restored: Episcopal Palace
The exhibition, which occupies an area of 400 m² divided on the first floor of the Palacio Episcopal, brings together more than a hundred pieces by artists such as Murillo (portraits and devotional), Zurbarán (the painter par excellence of the monastic life), Ribera (His saints and Ecce Homo), Claudio Coello, Alonso Cano, Vicente Carducho (the painter of the Carthusians of Paular), Rutilio Manetti, Antonio Rizzi, Juan del Castillo, Miguel Angel Houasse, Francisco Pradilla, Gregorio Fernández, Alonso and Pedro de Mena, Brothers Garcia, Francisco Salzillo and Luis Salvador Carmona, among others. (Source: murciaturistica)

Separate Collection?

The image, can we consider it selective waste collection?

Equestrian Club Of Murcia. Club Hípico De Murcia

The current Equestrian Club of Murcia, in its origins, Equestrian Club of Carrascoy, with almost 40 years of existence has been and remains the current and historical reference to the riding in the city of Murcia, in general, in the Region of Murcia . Since its foundation has highlighted his work for the equestrian competition in their various disciplines, especially in jumping, but without forgetting others like dressage, cowboy dressage and endurance. (Source: clubhipicodemurcia)

February 2011 Theme Day: Fountains

We had almost 2 months for today's Theme Day, and I leave it for the last day. But here's the Theme Day has arrived. This month: Fountains.
The fountain of the image that you can see, is in the old artillery barracks. A place that makes you think that military life was not so bad.

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