White village in Andalucia - Zahara

The white towns of Andalusia

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June 2nd 2013
Andalusia, Southern Spain, is a vast area of contrasts; craggy sierra mountains and lush green valleys, enormous hydro lakes, and windy little, sometimes dangerous, roads and modern expressways and interchanges. Most interesting has been the very obvious history – from paleo through Arabs, Christians, inquisitions and Romans. But, I guess, the agricultural life goes on and on. There are more ol ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Ronda

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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