Puzzling Gravestones
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2017
When Canadian doctor Samuel Bean lost his first two wives, Henrietta and Susanna, within 20 months of each other, he decided that the best w...
Showing posts with the label Spain
The Building That Was Built From Top to Bottom
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2017
At Plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain, there is a twin building that is known locally as "El Enchufe" or "The Plug" for it ...
Elche, The City of Palm Trees
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 23, 2017
In the city of Elche, in Spain, there is a large grove of palm trees that’s the only one of its kind in Europe, and one of the largest palm ...
Casa Vicens: Gaudi’s First Building Opens To Public
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2017
More than 130 years after it was built, the first building designed by Barcelona’s famed architect Antoni Gaudi opens to the public for the ...
The Hanging Houses of Cuenca
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2017
In the Castile–La Mancha region of central Spain, the Júcar river has carved a deep gorge as it flows through the Iberian Peninsula. Along i...
Ecce Homo: The Botched Painting That Saved a Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2017
Eighty-three year old amateur artist Cecilia Giménez had nothing but good intentions when she turned her attention towards a deteriorating f...
Belchite: The Ruins of The Spanish Civil War
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2016
Forty kilometer southeast of the city of Zaragoza, in north-eastern Spain, lies the ghost town of Belchite, that was destroyed in 1937 durin...
The Salt Valley of Añana
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2016
Salado Valley, in the town of Añana, in northern Spain, is rich in salt but the terrain is unwieldy. Especially, there is a shortage of flat...
Pheasant Island: The Island That Changes Sovereignty Every Six Months
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2016
Less than six kilometers before river Bidasoa, near the French-Spanish border, empties into the Atlantic Ocean, there lies a small river isl...
The Restored Castle of Matrera
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2016
Restoring an ancient monument is a delicate business. Do you shore up an existing wall, or redo it completely in modern concrete? When the c...
