Alquézar

We drove to Alquézar on Sunday. I am still in catch up mode on my blog, trying to work out the best combination of blogging and keeping a journal. I really want to do both but it does take a bit of time, so I may have to change my approach, we will see. This is our first view of Alquézar, a Moorish village, with its 16th Century Collegiate Church. We are quite impressed.

We walk up towards the church, which is quite an uphill walk, but the entrance is closed off, so we can’t go inside. We continue our walk along the narrow winding streets and find a little cafe where we stop for tea and a bite to eat.

The view from here is pretty incredible. The church is on the right and there are massive cliffs on the left.

The streets are narrow and often go under buildings. Notice the feet over the road!

We see this fixer upper for sale. I wonder how much it would cost to buy? and then how much it would cost to fix up? Quite a lot I think. We enjoyed our afternoon here but it is soon time to head to Huesca to find a place to stay tonight. Bob is doing a good job finding hotels but we are both looking forward to getting an apartment again and staying put for a few days.

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….not to mention the cost of flying there for the weekends 😉 Such a beautiful trip back through time. Did you see any members of the church walking around? Did you ever watch Borgias? I’m picturing great religious robes walking through these streets, similar to the Italian papacy.

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Trudy on October 2, 2015 at 1:17 pm said:

We saw about nine nuns all dressed in black walking over a bridge, but no time to take a picture as we were driving, on our way to Alcazar. We didn’t see any nuns here though. No, I didn’t watch The Borgias, too violent for me.

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- aparsons2014 on October 12, 2015 at 9:44 am said:
  
  …yes, the history of the Roman church is a violent and ruthless one but I do appreciate the architecture of the time.
  
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  - Trudy on October 12, 2015 at 11:41 am said:
    
    The architecture in Spain is amazing!
    
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