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Sunday, October 8, 2023

Priego de Cordoba Fortress

 Priego was our base for the two weeks in southern Spain.  It was the first place we went exploring as we adjusted to the time change and jet lag.





It's open.  Let's go in.


Exploring. 


Must have been entrance to dungeon.


Magnificent archway




Narrow slots for arrows?



Ancient history.





A mural depicting fight for the fortress.  Notice the heads being carried?


Huge room in one tower.  There was another just as big above.





House that is no longer occupied.


Dan had to go down backwards to avoid hitting his head.


A hot day.  We kept ourselves hydrated in the dry heat.







Close up of the stone. Looked like pumice but I think it was karst.













Heading out to the next place to visit.


5 comments:

Tom said...

...I hope that those roofs will be repaired.

Fun60 said...

So much history there and the buildings look well preserved. Good to have the information in English.

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

There looked like a lot of really tight spaces in this fortress exploration. The mural with the heads was a bit off setting, but undoubtedly a true depiction of the fighting that occurred. It looks like the weather was much the same as we had when exploring the ruins of Pompeii.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

I've never imagined visiting that beautiful place but you really make it come alive! What amazing sights you saw and good photos of it all. I always learn so much from these posts and have read your other posts too. I like to read them at night and think about these lovely travels! Thanks for sharing!

Vicki Lane said...

Wow! What an interesting and beautiful place!!