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Sunlight
The sun was coming in the stined glass windows beautifully.
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Back to the windows
They were too pretty, we couldn't help ourselves.
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Gothic
I love gothic churches. The faces are everywhere!
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The Bishop's Chapel
This chapel was interesting. As you can see, there are two sarcophogi, then on the shelves there are busts and carvings of hands i…
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Chapel of the Apostles
We took photos of all of the chapels. We were in the Cathedral of a few hours. It was FREEZING in there! I'll post a few of the ch…
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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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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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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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Finally crossing
We finally took enough photos of the gorge and the city from this side, now we're going to cross the bridge.
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History of Cuenca