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Playa de Gulpiyuri |
Playa de Gulpiyuri is a flooded sinkhole with an inland beach located near Llanes, Spain around 100 m from the Cantabrian Sea.
Roughly 40 meters in length, it is fully tidal due to a series of underground tunnels carved by the salt water of the Cantabrian Sea which allows water from the Bay of Bisc... |
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Aiguille du Midi |
The Aiguille du Midi(3,842 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
The name "Aiguille du Midi"translates literally as "Needle of the South". In the brochure for its cable car the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc asserts it gets its name from the fact that it is to the south when viewed... |
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Black Forest |
The Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss and granites. Formerly it shared tectonic evolution with the nearby Vosges Mountains. Later during the Middle Eocene a rifting period affected the area and caused formation of the Rhine graben. During the last glacial perio... |
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Cuenca Province Council |
The Provincial Council's seat (Diputación provincial de Cuenca) is a building with 2 floors built at the beginning of the 20th century according to a project conceived by provincial architect Rafael Alfaro.
The Cuenca shield at the façade is made of Carrara marble. |
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Cuenca's Town Hall |
The Town Hall (Ayuntamiento) is a building in baroque style built up during the ruling period of king Charles III and supported over three roman arches. It was finished in 1762, as it can be read on the façade.
The central arch is the only one giving access to vehicles to Plaza Mayor. |
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Mangana Tower |
Mangana Tower is a building located in the city of Cuenca, in Spain. Origins of the Mangana Tower remain unclear. In 1565 it was painted by Antoon van den Wijngaerde, which indicates that at that time Mangana had already been built up, and after the attacks by French soldiers during the Spanish War ... |
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Bishop's Palace in Cuenca |
The Bishop's Palace is a building located in Cuenca, Spain. It hosts the Diocese's Museum, which has a remarkable collection of religious art. It can be easily accessed from the Cathedral.
The rooms where the collection is shown were remodeled by architect Fernando Barja Noguerol, and Gustavo Torne... |
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Saint Paul's Convent in Cuenca |
St Paul convent was built in the 16th century by command of the canon priest Juan del Pozo, a monk belonging to the Dominican Order. Brothers Juan and Pedro de Alviz were in charge of the building project; Pedro worked on the convent and the cloister and Juan on the church.
The church was finished ... |
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Saint Paul's Bridge in Cuenca |
San Pablo Bridge in Cuenca is a bridge that crosses the Huécar river in the city of Cuenca, Spain.
It was built between 1533 and 1589 under the proposal of canon Juan del Pozo and formerly the bridge was made by stone. The idea was to connect Saint Paul's Convent with the rest of the city. The orig... |
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Cuenca Cathedral |
Cuenca Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral in the city of Cuenca in Cuenca Province in the Castile-La Mancha region of south-eastern central Spain. Exceptional expression of Gothic Anglo-Norman, begun in 1196. The wife of King Alfonso VIII, Eleanor Plantagenet of England, daughter of King Henry II Plant... |
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