December 24, 2011
by europeexplored
San Lorenzo de El Escorial – one of the most popular attractions in Spain Updated: December 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Less than 50 kilometres north of Madrid lies the magnificent royal residence of El Escorial, which belongs to one of the most popular and visited attractions in Spain. About half a million […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain
October 29, 2011
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Castillo de la Mota is one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in Spain — a magnificent 15th-century castle in the town of Medina del Campo, Valladolid province, Castile and León, built from the region’s distinctive red brick in the Mudéjar style and considered one of the finest examples of military architecture in the Kingdom […]
Tags: beautiful-view, castillo-de-la-mota, castle, el-greco, facade, gothic-church, hot-weather, massive-stone, medieval-fortress, medina-del-campo, mota-castle, muslim-town, national-monument, san-miguel, santo-domingo-de-silos, sight, spain, spanish-province, stone-towers, town-of-medina, town-walls, valladolid
Categories: Sights, Spain
March 20, 2011
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Top sights to see in Dublin – capital city of Ireland Updated: October 26, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Dublin is the capital city of Ireland filled with glorious buildings and natural sceneries all around. Tourists should plan to stay at least for a week to enjoy the city, since there are many […]
Tags: administrative-buildings, ancient-buildings, capital, city, connell-street, dublin, dublin-castle, dublin-ireland, dublin-trinity-college, el-greco, hogarth, ireland, kildare-street, massive-tower, medieval-style, national-museums, natural-sceneries, phoenix-park, pleasing-sight, poussin, queen-elizabeth, renovation-works, temple-bar, top-sights-in-dublin, top-sights-to-see-in-dublin, town, viking-fortress
Categories: Ireland, Sights
