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  • Two ladies are seen gossiping about someone else in the caseta (marquee) during the Spring Feria in Seville, Spain. Holding on to their small aperitif glasses the two beautiful ladies are close together comparing notes and mischievously swapping opinions during the later afternoon before a whole evening's entertainment when they will party till dawn. They are both dressed in traditional red and white flamenco dresses with red and yellow scarves around their necks. It is a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Two young spanish girls play outside a family Caseta during the Spring Feria in Seville, Spain. Both dressed in traditional flamenco dresses, the two friends stand in bright sunshine as a younger boy peers out from the canopy screen that keeps the marquee interior cool. <br />
It is a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Two ladies are seen from a very low angle as they parade down an avenue during the Spring Feria in Seville, Spain. Beneath dozens of colourful decorations which hang from cables above their heads, they walk holding drinks laughing gaily. They are both dressed in traditional red and white flamenco dresses with red and yellow scarves around their necks. It is a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • A lively group of friends, family and corporate clients have gathered to enjoy a traditional evening of Flamenco, Tapas and sociable gossip while at the Feria, an annual festival of culture and dance in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. In the centre are two ladies talking and two younger girls practicing their dance moves amid frivolous partying. Everyone here is impeccably dressed in smart jackets and tasteful ties and traditional Spanish dresses. It is a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Three beautifully-dressed horses with their rider parade through the streets of Seville in Andalucia, Spain during the city’s Spring Feria. Adorned in baubles and tassels the animals are on their best behaviour for the crowds who watch an equestrian display of horses and decorated carriages that wind their way through the city and fairground. La Feria de Sevilla began as a cattle trading fair in 1847, and through the years it has evolved into a sexy Spanish round-the-clock spectacle of flamenco, bullfighting and rowdy fun. Seville holds its annual fair in rows of temporary marquee casetas, hosting families and friends which begin during the April Fair two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • A mounted horseman rides with a girl through the streets of Seville during the Spring Feria, Spain. With crowds mingling in the background with party marquees called Casetas. they are both dressed in traditional costumes, the lady in Flamenco dress. It is a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • In front of an appreciative mainly lady audience, a flamenco dancer puts passion into her performance in a caseta (marquee) during the Spring Feria in Seville, Spain. She dramatically stamps her foot and raises her arms in a Juerga an informal, spontaneous gathering where dancing, singing, palmas (hand clapping), or simply pounding in rhythm are enjoyed. Grown out of the fusion of Arabic, Andalusian, Sephardic, and Gypsy cultures traditional flamenco artists simply learned by listening and watching relatives, friends and neighbours. It adapts to the local talent, instrumentation and mood of the audience. Seville holds its annual fair in rows of temporary marquee casetas, hosting families and friends which begin during the April Fair two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Two Spanish men walk and talk during the Spring Feria in Seville, Spain. Crowds of locals mingle in the late-afternoon sunshine at this lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
    seville_feria02-11-06-1999_1_1.jpg
  • A young professional couple lie in the sun and share a humerous moment. They sit with their backs to intricate and delicate tiling which depict the Spanish province of Coruna, at the Plaza de España, Seville, Andalucia, Spain. The lady is sitting with her partner's head in her lap, indicating romance and contentedness as she suppresses a giggle. They are both lit by strong sunshine and gives the impression of a perfect moment in their loving relationship. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929.
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  • Two young girls dressed in traditional Spanish flamenco attire stop at the childrens' fairground during a lull in the celebrations for the April Feria, Seville. A pair of eyes painted on the front of the train ride engine looks across to one of the girls' similarly-designed dress. It is part of a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Three young men are seen from a very low angle as they make arrangements with other friends to meet at the Spring Feria in Seville, Spain. Beneath dozens of colourful lights which hang from cables above their heads, two stand holding drinks while the third speaks into his mobile phone. They are all impeccably dressed in smart jackets and tasteful ties with one owning a carnation in his lapel. It is a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Rooftops of the church of San Sebastian, in Antequera, Andalucia. From the hilltop castle that overlooks the city, we see the Spanish streets, homes and businesses. Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (el corazón de Andalucía) because of its central location among Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, and Seville. In the last quarter of the 1st millennium BCE, the Iberian peninsula became part of the Roman Empire but  the year 711 a tribe of Berbers out of North Africa (Moors) invaded Spain and conquered Antikaria around 176, renaming it Medina Antaquira.
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  • Landscape of Alhambra Palace's Patio de Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles). Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Ornate carving and architecture after conservation work in Court of the Soultana, Alhambra, Granada. Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Street scene in the old Moorish area of Albaicin, Granada, Spain. El Albayzín (also Albaicín or El Albaicín) is the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984.
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  • Tourists from Asia walk in the sunshine at Alhambra,  holding matching red fans to shield their faces from strong sunshine. The visitors walk along the outer walls of the renaissance Palacio de Carlos V in the Moorish fortress high above the Andalucian city. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
    alhambra_tourism-4-13-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Alhambra Palace's Patio de Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles). Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles), also called the Patio de la Alberca (Court of the Blessing or Court of the Pond), from the Arabic birka, "pool". The birka helped to cool the palace and acted as a symbol of power. Because water was usually in short supply, the technology required to keep these pools full was expensive and difficult. The court is 42 m (140 ft) long by 22 m (74 ft) broad, and in the centre there is a large pond set in the marble pavement, full of goldfish. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia.
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  • Ornate domed architecture in the Sala de dos Hermanas (Hall of the Two Sisters) in Alhambra Palace. The hall was built by order of Mohammed V. It is square, has interlacing ceilings and bedchambers connected with the Emperor's Chambers (Habitaciones de Carlos V). Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Ornate domed architecture in the Sala de dos Hermanas (Hall of the Two Sisters) in Alhambra Palace. The hall was built by order of Mohammed V. It is square, has interlacing ceilings and bedchambers connected with the Emperor's Chambers (Habitaciones de Carlos V). Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
    alhambra_architecture-21-13-April-20...jpg
  • Ornate carving and architecture after conservation work in Court of the Soultana, Alhambra, Granada. Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
    alhambra_architecture-5-13-April-201...jpg
  • Ornate carving and architecture after conservation work in Court of the Soultana, Alhambra, Granada. Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
    alhambra_architecture-4-13-April-201...jpg
  • Alhambra Palace's Patio de Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles). Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles), also called the Patio de la Alberca (Court of the Blessing or Court of the Pond), from the Arabic birka, "pool". The birka helped to cool the palace and acted as a symbol of power. Because water was usually in short supply, the technology required to keep these pools full was expensive and difficult. The court is 42 m (140 ft) long by 22 m (74 ft) broad, and in the centre there is a large pond set in the marble pavement, full of goldfish. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia.
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  • Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Spanish: Catedral de Granada, Catedral de la Anunciación) is the cathedral in the city of Granada, capital of the province of the same name in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada.
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  • Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Spanish: Catedral de Granada, Catedral de la Anunciación) is the cathedral in the city of Granada, capital of the province of the same name in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada.
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  • Homeless couple begging outside Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Spanish: Catedral de Granada, Catedral de la Anunciación) is the cathedral in the city of Granada, capital of the province of the same name in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada.
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  • Street scene in the old Moorish area of Albaicin, Granada, Spain. El Albayzín (also Albaicín or El Albaicín) is the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984.
    20131023_albaicin_D.jpg
  • Man rides a moped through the streets in the old Moorish area of Albaicin, Granada, Spain. El Albayzín (also Albaicín or El Albaicín) is the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984.
    20131023_albaicin_C.jpg
  • Female friends having tea in a tea shop in the old Moorish area of Albaicin, Granada, Spain. El Albayzín (also Albaicín or El Albaicín) is the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984.
    20131023_albaicin tea shop_A.jpg
  • Tourists from Asia walk in the sunshine at Alhambra, holding matching red fans and brochures to shield their faces from strong sunshine. The visitors walk along the outer walls of the renaissance Palacio de Carlos V in the Moorish fortress high above the Andalucian city. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
    alhambra_tourism-5-13-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Man rides a moped through the streets in the old Moorish area of Albaicin, Granada, Spain. El Albayzín (also Albaicín or El Albaicín) is the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984.
    20131023_albaicin_B.jpg
  • Spanish men and women party in mixed company at a private party outside a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Andalucian ceramic tiling showing Jesus on a church wall in Seville. Beneath the growing Seville oranges that are ripening on their tree in the street below, we see a downbeat Jesus in a gloriously religious context.
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  • Looking up at the ornate arches and collonades of Seville's Plaza de Espana. The fine curves of this semi-circular is seen on a fine afternoon during Semana Santa (Easter Holy Week) anf the Torres (tower) of one end rises into a blue sky. This semi-circular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it.
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  • Tourists boat around Seville's Plaza de Espana, the location for 3 hundred years of Spanish Inquisition burnings. The rental boat makes its leisurely way around the waters of this medieval square. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove.
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  • Mosaic representations of Roman celestial bodies in the House of the Planetarium at Italica, Near Seville. With the sun in the centre, we see Jupiter in the foreground and the Moon, Mars (with a helmet), Mercury and Saturn. The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan.
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  • Aerial landscape of old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of the Moorish city of Granada. This aerial landscape also shows in the foreground, the old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of Moorish city of Granada. The Albaicin Quarter is the old Moorish quarter across the River Darro from the Alhambra. When the Moors controlled Granada, this area of the city was the most densely populated. The streets are narrow and many of them do not have sidewalks. The houses are not very high and they are very close to each other. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
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  • Two women tourists from Asia walk in the sunshine at Alhambra, both holding cameras. Both wearing sun hats and holding in the same manner, their compact digital cameras with which to record their European holiday memories. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
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  • Ornate architectural artwork on courtyard walls of Nasrid Palace. Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture. This is the Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles), also called the Patio de la Alberca (Court of the Blessing or Court of the Pond), from the Arabic birka, "pool". There are galleries on the north and south sides; the southern gallery is 7 m (23 ft) high and supported by a marble colonnade. Underneath it, to the right, was the principal entrance, and over it are three windows with arches and miniature pillars. From this court, the walls of the Torre de Comares are seen rising over the roof to the north and reflected in the pond. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Carvings of battle and heroism outside the Palacio de Carlos V at Alhambra, Granada, Spain. Soldiers of the renaissance period fight a crude form or warfare using pikes and swords, mounted on horses and on foot. The Palace is a Renacentist construction in Granada, southern Spain, located on the top of the hill of the Assabica, inside the Nasrid fortification of the Alhambra. It was commanded by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who wished to establish his residence close to the Alhambra palaces.
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  • A tourist stares up to the fine renaissance architecture of the Catholic Marian shrine inside the church of Santa Maria in the Alhambra complex of temples, Granada, Spain. In 1308 the Moorish King Mohamed III built a mezquita in the Alhambra. When the Christians conquered Granada, they destroyed the mezquita and built the Church of Santa Maria de la Encarnacion of the Alhambra. This was a common practice at that time and occurred in many places all over Spain. The church was designated as the first cathedral of Granada. The church was designed by Juan de Herrera in the Renaissance style and was started in 1581 by Ambrosio de Vico and finished in 1617.
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  • People inside having lunch in Alhama de Granada tapas Bar Ochoa. Traditional food in a traditional place. Alhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, approx. 50 km from the city of Granada. The name is derived from the thermal baths located there. Alhama’s position between Málaga and Granada gave it strategic importance for the Moors but they also had a particular fondness for the town and its waters.
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  • Revolution graffiti in the struggling town of Loja, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain. The economic downturn in Europe has his towns like this hard. Recession means that a once bsutling town is now boarded up and quiet.
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  • Closed down shops and real estate available for rent or to buy in the struggling town of Loja, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain. The economic downturn in Europe has his towns like this hard. Recession means that a once bsutling town is now boarded up and quiet.
    20131025_loja economic downturn_G.jpg
  • Olive groves near to Alhama de Granada, Andalucia, Spain. This is a totally agricultural area, covered mainly with olives. It is a distinctly Mediterranean landscape where blue skies and green life prevails.
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  • Olive groves near to Alhama de Granada, Andalucia, Spain. This is a totally agricultural area, covered mainly with olives. It is a distinctly Mediterranean landscape where blue skies and green life prevails.
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  • Olive groves near to Alhama de Granada, Andalucia, Spain. This is a totally agricultural area, covered mainly with olives. It is a distinctly Mediterranean landscape where blue skies filled with clouds and green life prevails.
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  • Olive groves near to Alhama de Granada, Andalucia, Spain. This is a totally agricultural area, covered mainly with olives. It is a distinctly Mediterranean landscape where blue skies filled with clouds and green life prevails.
    20131024_olive grove sky clouds_B.jpg
  • Small farm house on an olive grove near to Alhama de Granada, Andalucia, Spain. This is a totally agricultural area, covered mainly with olives. It is a distinctly Mediterranean landscape where blue skies and green life prevails.
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  • Man out running in the heat through olive groves near to Alhama de Granada, Andalucia, Spain. This is a totally agricultural area, covered mainly with olives. It is a distinctly Mediterranean landscape where blue skies and green life prevails.
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  • Horses put out to pasture deep in the Alhama de Granada gorge (Canon de los Tajos). Andalucia, Spain. Alhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, approx. 50 km from the city of Granada. The name is derived from the thermal baths located there. Alhama’s position between Málaga and Granada gave it strategic importance for the Moors but they also had a particular fondness for the town and its waters.
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  • Local children wave to the horses put out to pasture deep in the Alhama de Granada gorge. Andalucia, Spain. Alhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, approx. 50 km from the city of Granada. The name is derived from the thermal baths located there. Alhama’s position between Málaga and Granada gave it strategic importance for the Moors but they also had a particular fondness for the town and its waters.
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  • Autumnal trees with leaves turning yellow in Alhama de Granada gorge (Canon de los Tajos), Andalucia, Spain. Alhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, approx. 50 km from the city of Granada. The name is derived from the thermal baths located there. Alhama’s position between Málaga and Granada gave it strategic importance for the Moors but they also had a particular fondness for the town and its waters.
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  • Horses put out to pasture deep in the Alhama de Granada gorge (Canon de los Tajos). Andalucia, Spain. Alhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, approx. 50 km from the city of Granada. The name is derived from the thermal baths located there. Alhama’s position between Málaga and Granada gave it strategic importance for the Moors but they also had a particular fondness for the town and its waters.
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  • Agriculture near to Ventas de Zafarraya. This rural community is dependent on agriculture, and struggling because of low prices. These fields are covered in cabbages, which will receive only 10c or 0.10 Euros for the farmers.
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  • Agriculture near to Ventas de Zafarraya. This rural community is dependent on agriculture, and struggling because of low prices. These fields are covered in cabbages, which will receive only 10c or 0.10 Euros for the farmers.
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  • Agriculture near to Ventas de Zafarraya. This rural community is dependent on agriculture, and struggling because of low prices. These fields are covered in cabbages, which will receive only 10c or 0.10 Euros for the farmers.
    20131024_agriculture_A.jpg
  • Agriculture near to Ventas de Zafarraya. This rural community is dependent on agriculture, and struggling because of low prices. The sheep are herded from field to field to help farmers clear their fields.
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  • View across the city or Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalucia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Tourists inside the Palacia de Carlos V (The Palace of Charles V). Museum of the Alhambra, Museum of Fine Arts.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Tourists inside the Palacia de Carlos V (The Palace of Charles V). Museum of the Alhambra, Museum of Fine Arts.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Moorish architectural design details inside the Partal Palace.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Moorish architectural design details inside the Partal Palace.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Moorish designs and architecture details in the beautiful Court of Water Channel (Patio de la Acequia) in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Moorish designs and architecture details in the beautiful Court of Water Channel (Patio de la Acequia) in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
    20131023_alhambra moorish design_I.jpg
  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Moorish designs and architecture details in the beautiful Court of Water Channel (Patio de la Acequia) in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
    20131023_alhambra moorish design_H.jpg
  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Moorish designs and architecture details in the beautiful Court of Water Channel (Patio de la Acequia) in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
    20131023_alhambra moorish design_C.jpg
  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Moorish designs and architecture details in the beautiful Court of Water Channel (Patio de la Acequia) in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Worker cutting the sculpted topiary hedges.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Gardens in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Gardens in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
    20131023_alhambra generalife gardens...jpg
  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Gardens in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
    20131023_alhambra generalife gardens...jpg
  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Gardens in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
    20131023_alhambra generalife gardens...jpg
  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Gardens in the Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
    20131023_alhambra generalife gardens...jpg
  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Gardens next to the Placio de Carlos V.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Court of the Sultans in the gardens section of Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Court of the Sultans in the gardens section of Generalife area. This area was built for the Granadian monarchs to escape their official routine.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Tourists inside the Church of Santa Maria de la Alhambra.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Tourists inside the Church of Santa Maria de la Alhambra.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Wedding couple have their pictures taken inside the pillared circular interior of Palacia de Carlos V (The Palace of Charles V). Museum of the Alhambra, Museum of Fine Arts.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Wedding couple have their pictures taken inside the pillared circular interior of Palacia de Carlos V (The Palace of Charles V). Museum of the Alhambra, Museum of Fine Arts.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. The tallest section and military watchtower, The Alcazaba.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. View looking out from the Alcazaba across the closely packed rooftops of Albaicin, the old Muslim quarter of Granada. Albaicin is a district of that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984, along with the Alhambra.
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  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. View looking out from the Alcazaba across the closely packed rooftops of Albaicin, the old Muslim quarter of Granada. Albaicin is a district of that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984, along with the Alhambra.
    20131023_alhambra albaicin view_E.jpg
  • The Alhambra Palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalucia, Spain. View looking out from the Alcazaba across the closely packed rooftops of Albaicin, the old Muslim quarter of Granada. Albaicin is a district of that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984, along with the Alhambra.
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  • Spanish ladies dance Flamenco into the night at a private party in a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Spanish ladies feast at a private party in a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Spanish ladies party at a private party in a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Wind farm uprights and turbine blades perch on the hilltop of Sierra Nevada foothills near the spa town of Lanjaron, Andalucia. From a higher vantagepoint, looking downhill into a distant valley, we see four turbines turning on a re-landscaped hill with ditant could shroud the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. According to information provided by the regional government’s “Andalusian Energy Agency” (Agencia Andaluza de la Energía), 31.8 percent of this region’s energy will come from renewable energy in 2013. That is equivalent to 90% of home energy consumption in the south of Spain.
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  • An unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada, Andalucia. All over Spain are building projects like this, left empty and unused, a sig of bad financial investment and land management where empty lots and landscapes have swallowed nature to be replaced by abandoned pavements, roads and superstructures. Here, we see a lone lamppost on the street's kerb, a green waste bin and an overgrown lot where weeds are thriving in this wilderness. In the background is a generic two-storey building left unfinished. As of 2010, it has a population of 2,068 inhabitants.
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  • The Holy Paso depicting the Crucifixion passes through Seville's Plaza Espana during its annual Semana Santa Easter passion processions. Some 60 processions are scheduled for the week, from Palm Sunday through to Easter Sunday morning. The climax of the week is the night of Holy Thursday, when the most popular processions set out to arrive at the Cathedral on the dawn of Good Friday, known as the madrugá. At the centre of each procession are the pasos, an image or set of images set atop a movable float of wood. The structure of the paso is richly carved and decorated with fabric, flowers and candles. Many of the structures carrying the image of Christ are gilded, and those carrying the image of the virgin often silver-plated.
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  • With their eyes peering through eyeholes, hooded penitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
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  • Andalucian ceramic tiling of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus on the wall of the Basilica de la Macarena in Seville. Inside the church, the Basilica de la Macarena possesses the most revered image in Seville, "The Virgin of Hope" (Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza) which locals call La Macarena.
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  • City policemen make calls from their scooters near horse and carriages in Seville's Plaza de Espana. With tourist horse carriages and visitors nearby, the two officers position themselves in the middle of this semi-circular enclosure built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove.
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  • With his brush at the ready, a donkey ride owner awaits new business during the quiet Siesta afternoon period in Seville's Plaza de Espana. This semi-circular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove.
    plaza_de_espana-6-18-April-2011.jpg
  • Looking up at the ornate arches and collonades of Seville's Plaza de Espana. The fine curves of this semi-circular is seen on a fine afternoon during Semana Santa (Easter Holy Week) anf the Torres (tower) of one end rises into a blue sky. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it.
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  • Tourists sit by tiled mural (azulejo) of Toledo province, in Plaza de Espana in Seville. The Plaza mainly consists of Government buildings, the city's Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture.
    plaza_de_espana-2-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Mosaic representations of Roman animals in the abandoned city of Italica, near Seville. The central mosaic in the House of the Bird Mosaic which is the most Italian of all houses excavated in Italica, consists of thirty-five small square mosaics that surround a larger, central square scene. The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan.
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  • Aerial landscape of old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of the Moorish city of Granada. This aerial landscape also shows in the foreground, the old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of Moorish city of Granada. The Albaicin Quarter is the old Moorish quarter across the River Darro from the Alhambra. When the Moors controlled Granada, this area of the city was the most densely populated. The streets are narrow and many of them do not have sidewalks. The houses are not very high and they are very close to each other. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
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  • The Spanish, Andalucian and EU flags fly high over city of Granada on top of Alhambra's Torre de la Vela (Watchtower). In a strong mountain breeze the fabric whips on their flagpoles as the sun is placed behind, allowing the backlighting to give this landscape a sense of nationalism and patriotism. The stars of the EU member countries and Spain's national flag rise above the distant homes in this Andalucian city.
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  • A small dog pees in the doorway of a religious shop in La Herradura on the Costa del Sol. Near the depictions of the holy figures of Jesus during Semana Santa (Holy Week) when processions and celebration marking Easter take place across Spain, the dog disobediently wees against the door, lifting its right rear leg up high to aim its secretion.
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