New Cathedral - Capilla Mayor

Catedral Nueva - New Cathedral. Capilla Mayor - Main Chapel (altar). The Main Chapel, built in the second half of the 18th century is topped by a lavish polychrome and gold vault, which covers the tabernacle made by the Churrigueras as an architectural canopy. Today, presiding over the enclosure, under a velvet hanging, it preserves an image of the Assumption made in 1624 by Esteban de Rueda. IMG_8253

Salamanca

October 17th 2022
An all-day coach trip to Salamanca was the agenda for today. From Barca d'Alba we crossed the Águeda river, a Douro tributary, to enter Spain. The mountains of Portugal extended briefly into Spain, but shortly thereafter we were crossing the high plateau of central Spain, known as the Meseta, This region is part of Castille and Léon. The landscape and vegetation here, like the plateau in La Manc ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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