Tarazona
It would be half-term in the UK, but here it's a few days in February when the schools have a holiday; originally to ski, but this year, for us at least, to go to Zaragoza, see the boys and do some light tourism.
After visiting the new, enormous shopping centre, Puerto Venecia on Wednesday, on Thursday we went to Tarazona.
Last year, the cathedral of that city was re-opened after 30 years' restoration work. Judging by the explicative display in the cloisters, it had been truly ruinous, and while not completely finished, the building is lovely. On the outside it's Mudejar and on the inside Gothic. Very nice.
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| Cathedral cloister |
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| Outside view of the tower and un-restored portico |
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| The amazing facade of the town hall, early 16th century |
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| Tarazona |
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| The old bull ring! |
It was a lovely day. After visiting the cathedral we climbed up the hill to the old city where the Jewish quarter has been restored; old cobbled streets and quaint houses. Tarazona is much improved since the last time we visited!
Belchite
The next day, we really went to see ruins. To Belchite, a village which was devastated during the Civil war, and by Franco's orders, left as a memorial.
You can see from the photos that it is a village which was destroyed more than 70 years ago and has been crumbling ever since. Yes, it's a lesson about the horrors of war, but it would be better to raze the whole thing to the ground and plant trees or something.
Vegetables
I saw these in Tarazona
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| Borage |
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| Swiss chard |
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Cardoon
All perfectly typical winter vegetables in Aragon |
You can see from the photos that it is a village which was destroyed more than 70 years ago and has been crumbling ever since. Yes, it's a lesson about the horrors of war, but it would be better to raze the whole thing to the ground and plant trees or something.
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