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Beautiful ceiling mural
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The Bishop Wenceslao Sanguesa
He was instrumental in rebuilding the new bridge of San Pablo and he was instrumental in declaring the Cuenca Cathedral a Nation…
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Chapel of the VIrgin of the Pilar
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Cathedral tour
We love checking out churches so we had to see the cathedral. We bought the self-guided tour. It was already beautiful right insid…
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Town Hall
A close-up of town hall.
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Plaza mayor
Plaza Mayor had a bunch of shops and restaurants. The arches at the end of the street supported the Town Hall, built in 1762.
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Cuenca Cathedral
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace and Saint Julian was built from 1182 to 1270. We were definitely going inside.
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Alfonso VIII
This statue was kind of off to the side of a parking lot. We passed it on the way to town.
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Statue plaque
Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) King of Castile. The September 21, 1177, day of San Mateo, after a nine-month siege, conquered Cuenca and…
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Cool windows!
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Neat!
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Rock formations
I think you could hike to those rocks and check out the formations. They had a tourist spot nearby that had some cool rock formati…
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Neat old buildings
We liked the old buildings.
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Big group
The ridge looks kinda far away now. We were glad we missed that big group of people when we were taking pictures!
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To the hanging houses
Coming up to the hanging houses. Inside are a restaurant and the Museum of Abstract Arts.
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Cool rocks
It was cool haw the building were built on the giant rocks.
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The parador
Our hotel, from the bridge!
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Crossing slowly
Crossing very slowly and taking pictures. IT was so pretty!
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Las Casas Colgadas
The Hanging Houses! They are considered the most famous buildings in Cuenca. Built over a rock above the Huecar River gorge in the…
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Downtown
A view of downtown Cuenca from the bridge.
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Rooster
That must have been a farm down there in the gorge. There was a rooster down there corwing constantly.