A morning at Santa Barbara Castle

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We headed out for Alicante this morning to visit the Santa Barbara Castle. The trek was only 26 miles and scheduled to take 1 hour according to Google maps. Travel through Europe sometimes involves a lot of minor highways with a lot of roundabouts! This was the case on the N-332 today.

The Santa Barbara Castle is a 9th century castle and built during the time of Muslim control of the Iberian Peninsula ( from 711 till 1296). Most of the historical data within the castle was all in Spanish (made it a little difficult for understanding). :-) The views were great and it was a nice hike up and down the mountain.

Enjoy!

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Photos

views from the top
Alicante is a fairly large city.

Howitzer made by Trubia
They specialize in howitzers

2-man howitzer
there is a seat on each side (one loads and one fires)

views from the top
Thought this building looked a bit odd.

views from the top
different architecture throughout the city

Comments

[Barbara Braden]

WOW!!!
You surely are seeing the world! I am so envious of you two!! A castle named after me! How cool was that? ;-)}}}