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Mail slot

I love it! Lion mail slot!
Heading back

Back up the street toward the square and to find lunch!
As far as we walked

This is the farthest we walked in Cuenca before we started heading back to the square.
Pretty streets

We took a left away from town to head down this great street!
Walking through town
Sacred Heart of Jesus

The monument devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on top of Cerro del Socorro. The materials were transported up there by donkeys…
Walking back

The Mangana tower from the other side. We're walking back towards the square.
Nice view

We found a nice observation deck and took a few pictures of the nice view.
Mangana Tower

The Mangana Tower dates back to 1565. It's been rebuilt many times. It's current look dates from 1968. There was construction all…
Feliz Navidad

Now we're headed in the right direction! The lights say, "Feliz Navidad" (Merry Christmas).
Convent of Las Carmelitas

The convent is located at the highest point in the city. It was quite a walk to get there. We definitely went the wrong way.
Cool door.

We were looking for a certain part of town and, of course, we forgot our map so we took a shot and went left. If nothing else we s…
Last shot

One last shot of the float and the cathedral.
Judas

You could tell Judas easily. His back was turned and he had a small bag of silver coins.
Angels

Up above us there were angels!
Float

I think this is a float of the last supper. It was really incredible how all of the figures looked. You could really tell who each…
Stones

I'm not sure where these pices came from. We didn't see any place inside the cathedral that was being renovated. They could have c…
Face

Right inside the side door there were chunks of stone. I think it was from the restoration of the cathedral. This one had a face o…
Back inside

Back inside the cathedral. The sun was still shining beautifully through the stained glass windows.
Through the window

Bill's getting a better shot through the window. I guess a lot of people take that pic. The box was already there.
Fountain