Moon Eclipse

A pair of pictures of the last moon eclipse. The largest moon eclipse of this century (as experts said).
An awesome show in the dark sky.

Blood Moon and Mars

Spectacular moment could be seen in the sky last night of July 27th.
The longest lunar eclipse of this century, which allowed us to clearly observe the presence of Mars in the sky (bottom right).
Awesome!

Hilly Landscape

Surroundings of Blanca.

City Lake

If there is a little breeze, and if your near water, a hot day could be passed easily.
Picture: at Atalayas neighbourhood. Skyline: blue twin towers.

Sunset Landscape

A warm week starts. Although it is being a mild summer (remember that Murcia use to be many days at 40ºC on summer) this week is going to be very hot. It is going to reach 40ºC.
So, we only can go out at sunset to walk safely.

Renfe

The name that appears in front of that train is the Spanish acronym of National Network of the Spanish Railways. This public company was founded in 1941, after Spanish Civil War (remember that end on 1939).
This picture was taken at Murcia Railway Station.

Lorca's Castle. Fortress of the Sun.

Castle of Lorca is a fortress of medieval origin constructed between the 9th and 15th centuries. It was declared listed building by decree of the Spanish Ministry of Public Instructions and Fine Arts of June 3, 1931, rises crowning the city on a hill with optimal conditions of security and control over the Guadalentin Valley, encouraging the population establishment since prehistoric times.
It is located at Lorca (region of Murcia), at 70km from city of Murcia.
For more information, here, tourist information. Or, wikipedia.

Pedro Cano Foundation

At Blanca, to the north, 20 minutes from Murcia city, it is located the museum of Pedro Cano Foundation (inside of Museum and Art Center of Blanca, MUCAB), near to Segura river.
Pedro Cano is the most international living painter from Murcia.
"The Pedro Cano Foundation houses some of the best works of the artist from Blanca and a collection of all kinds of paintings that form the two thousand drawings on display, besides being responsible for a big number of cultural activities in arts.
Ground floor. It houses the series “Clausuras”, the reception and a shop.
1st Floor. “Vivir pintando”. A chronological tour. The first oil painting that Pedro created at eleven years old and significant works in the artistic career of the painter as “Retrato de mi madre”, “Equipaje” and “Pompeyano” can be seen.
They also exhibit other works from some of his most important series as “59 East 7th Street”, “Hortus” and “IlFiume”.
2nd Floor. “Obra en papel” that combines, amongst other masterpieces, his travel notebooks and his aquarelles of “Las ciudades invisibles” by Italo Calvino; and some masterpieces from “Clausuras”." (Source: murciaturistica.es)

Segura River at Blanca

I have shown photos of the Segura river from several locations in the Region of Murcia. This is the first time I do it from Blanca. This town, about 20 minutes from the city of Murcia, organizes river descents by canoe or raft. It is also a very recommendable place to go hiking and to eat, especially during the hunting season (for eating).
Here the official tourist web of  Blanca.

Marimba

In first term, marimba. It is very similar than a xylophone but marimba has resonators or pipes suspended underneath the bars that amplify their sound.
At Professional Music Conservatory of Murcia.

Porké

Puerto Lumbreras is a town located at southwest of Region of Murcia. It is a frontier town with Andalusia.
Image: Porké Bar. A good place to eat (fast food), listening to music, and so on. Also, table footbal (foosball) as image. There are two terraces: one outdoor and one indoor (backyard). Porké means "why" or "because". I was not asking about that.

Arriving to Murcia by Train

In 2015, this railway line turned 150 years old. The station from which this image has been made is the Murcia Del Carmen station.
From this station there are trains of short distance, medium distance and long distance (towards Madrid and towards the south of France, passing through the Valencian Community and Catalonia).
In principle, this railway had a provisional character, and the arrival of high speed train is expected. This railway line divides the city of Murcia. And, with the arrival of high speed, the undergrounding of the railway is planned (something that the neighbours have been claiming for decades)

Walking as a Military

Until the mid-1990s, these spaces of the former artillery barracks (image: courtyard of knowledge) were occupied by the artillery regiment.
This complex of military buildings dates from 1926. First it was an infantry regiment from Seville. Then, in 1954, it was the first headquarters of the ground army paratrooper brigade.
Nowadays, as I have commented in other post before (please visit the labels artillery and barracks), it is composed by 6 cultural, social, playful buildings: library, museums, exhibition halls, music conservatory, and the bailey (inner ward). It is usually used for music concerts, in addition to other uses.
These spaces were donated to Council of Murcia on 1997.

July'18 Theme Day. Spirit.

The selected Theme Day for July 2018 by citydailyphoto community is: Spirit.
My contribution. on the left, former catholic seminary that was used on summers (until 70's). I think that seminarians looked for spiritual moment at that site. Now it is abandoned.
It is located at Monastery of La Fuensanta surroundings.

That building remainds me that hotel from "The Shining". And it could be a good place for a hotel with a beautiful views of Segura valley and Murcia valley.

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