Convento de San Esteban

"San Esteban, built in 1524-1610 by Juan de Alava for the Dominicans, who had settled in Salamanca in 1256. The Renaissance façade is ornamented with numerous figures of saints, a charming frieze of fantastic figures of men and beasts, and a relief of the Stoning of St. Stephen by Giovanni Antonio Ceroni of Milan (1610)".--Baedeker 1913 IMG_8264

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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