Playground At El Malecon

A good place for children to play in a unique place: the gardens of El Malecón.

Views From The Geodesic Vertex.

After all I told yesterday about the geodetic vertices today the best, the views from the top of the mount of the Mine: the valley of Murcia. On the left, the castle of Monteagudo, with the Christ. A little to the right, blue twin towers. Towards the right, the tower of the Cathedral of Murcia. In the foreground, the geodesic vertex.

Click on the image for more detail. This time I took the photo with enough mega pixels to see better details.

Geodesic Vertex

A geodesic vertex is a signal / geographical landmark built by engineers to measure the earth. These signs indicate the exact position and are located at the top of the hills, mountains, towers, .. They may also be at ground level or at sea

Its name is given for each vertex does precisely on top of an imaginary triangle with the closest, which in turn form a series of triangles with other geodetic vertices. Each milestone has its own name and has marked the coordinates and altitude compared to sea level.

In this geodesic vertex plate reads: National Geographic Institute. Geodesic vertex. The destruction of this sign is punishable by law.

That phot was taken in the top of the Mine Mountain.

An example of place where this vertex are: here

Each Time Begins Earlier Christmas.

Not many years ago, Christmas was beginning the earliest, 15 days before Christmas Eve. But today, Christmas begins earlier. Not surprise me if one year for Halloween, we could buy gifts and Santa Claus costumes.

Hillock. Cabezo.

This is the Hillock of the Cross (Cabezo de la Cruz) in Esparragal of Murcia. Small hill in the middle of a plain

Football Training

This is the football field of El Ranero. There, children and youth practice football. Perhaps a new football star out, but for now, most importantly, playing sports.

Carriage Stop

A curious picture. Is this the new environmentally friendly public transport? I have no answer, but the carriage was stopped at a bus stop.

After The Storm

Yesterday was a day of storms and heavy rainfall in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

In the Region of Murcia came to rain up to 48 liters per square meter. In other provinces of the Mediterranean coast, flooding does occur.

Image: the Malecon with the Cathedral in the background, after the storm.

Escape From The Car Park

I have no comment to add.

A Place For Sport

The Principe de Asturias pavilion (another photo here) was for many years the leading and largest sports enclosure in the city.

Nowadays, you can practice the following sports:

Bodybuilding, aerobics, judo, pilates, tennis, billiards, fitness, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, self defense.

Club Atlético Murcia 2005 Volleyball

Athletic Club Volleyball Murcia 2005 is a Murcia volleyball team, which competes under the sponsorship and the name of Grupo 2002 Murcia. Born in the summer of 2005.

List of championships:

national tournaments

3 Superleague: 2007, 2008 and 2009

5 Cups of Queen: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011

4 Spain Super Cups: 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010

international Tournaments

1 Top Teams Cup: 2006-2007.

(Source: wikipedia)

General Archive Of The Region Of Murcia.

This is the building of the General Archive of the Region of Murcia. In addition to the documentation produced by the Regional Administration retains funds from institutions that preceded the Autonomous Community, such as the Provincial Government, the Regional Council and the Parliamentary Assembly. It has a large collection of reproductions of historical documents relating to the ancient kingdom and province of Murcia from other archives, such as the Archive of Simancas or the National Historical Archive.

They also do restoration of documents and manage the regional photographic archive.

This building is located in Avenida de los Pinos (Pine Avenue)

Lunar Sunrise

It is curious to see the moon while the sun dawns

Three Cups. Jardín De Las 3 Copas. La Flota.

About three years ago, I took a photo from this fountain (see labels), but that day, the fountain was not moving. This time, you can see the water falling from the top of each cup. When it is windy, despite the large diameter of the fountain, you can get wet.

Game Of Boys: Elisa Seiquer

I've been looking for information about the author of this work, and I've found that it is the sculpture Game of Boys (Juego de Muchachos), by Elisa Seiquer. This artist was born in 1945 in Murcia, died in 1996. Shortly after beginning her studies at the School of Arts and Crafts, she went to Valencia and Madrid, to expand her knowledge. She received a scholarship to study in Paris. In 1972, she received the award in sculpture Francisco Salzillo.

Like most women in all spheres of society, she was not assessed, but today, her work is well recognized.

Here you can see some of her works. The sculpture of the image (early eighties) can be viewed in the garden of the 3 cups (garden of Isaac Peral), in the neighborhood of La Flota, Murcia.

Avant-Garde Architecture

This is another photo that I had not posted about my visit to the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia.

I really love the image building a avant garde architecture but exquisite design (of architect Santiago Calatrava).

Jellyfishes

Seeing which photo post today, I saw that I still had some photos that I had not seen when I visited the Oceanographic in Valencia.

Jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

I do not know if talking about these beautiful jelly-like animals, of which some species are quite dangerous, or I could comment on Medusa or Medousa, in Greek mythology.

I leave it there.

Former College Of Theologians Of San Isidoro.

XVIII Century. The building designed by architect Martin Soler, and performed in 1755 as the College of Theologians, as part of the foundations of Bishop Luis Belluga. In 1837 it became Secondary School, having come to this day as such, but adopting different names. Today is the IES (Secondary School) Graduate Cascales. (Source Municipality of Murcia)

This building is located between the Church-Museum of yesterday, and the College of Dramatic Art.

Church-Museum Of Saint John Of God.

This is the facade of the Church-Museum, San Juan de Dios, which I already mentioned some time ago.

I will just add to what I said in that post, the following:

"Muslim Alcazar (walls, oratory and pantheon)

The ground floor of the set allows us to discover the archaeological remains of the old Moslem fortress and the wall of 30 meters in length, which belonged to the defensive line of Alcazar Mayor of the city.

It is an area of great historical value which have preserved the interesting remains of an arch or mihrab oratorio, with its original polychrome decoration, as well as a real or rawda pantheon, with nine graves tumular structure attributable to the family the ruler Ibn Mardanis, known as the 'Wolf King' (1147-1172)." (Source: murciaturistica.es)

November 2011 Theme Day: Fences

It's not really a fence, but maybe there it is. This is the fence that separates the bridge of the FICA, with the river LOL.

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