Posts Tagged ‘Orihuela City’
Doors of Orihuela
Posted on: February 17, 2023
- In: Doors | History | Spain
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I am joining Dan Antion over at https://nofacilities.com/ where he runs a series called Thursday Doors. This is what he has to say:
Welcome to Thursday Doors! This is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join us, simply create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week and then share a link to your post in the comments below, anytime between 12:01 am Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American eastern time).
Dan writes some great books too https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BC23MDLV
The doors I’m featuring today I discovered in Orihuela, an ancient inland city not far from where we live in Spain. There has been a city on the site since the fifth century and the buildings are an interesting mix of Arabic and European architecture.
I love this door on what appears to be a private residence, but it may have been a mosque at one time.
The main door to Santiago Parish Church; one of the many churches in Orihuela.
The fabulous entrance to Salvador and Santa Maria Cathedral, built on the site of a former mosque This entrance is called Door of the Chains
Another entrance to the cathedral.
Doors to the Town Hall or el Ayuntamiento, in Spanish
Doors to apartments in Orihuela
Door to the Santo Domingo Diocese College where I was given a guided tour by a couple of students.
Doors leading to the courtyard of the college
The gorgeous courtyard of the college
Hope you enjoyed this assortment of doors!
Medieval Thyme
Posted on: February 13, 2019
- In: History | Spain | Travel
- 64 Comments
Every year for three days at the beginning of February, the city of Orihuela, Spain transforms itself into a medieval town complete with market stalls, soldiers, street entertainers and food cooked over open flames. The Moors and the Christians are both represented as at one time they lived side by side in this area. This year a friend and I took the twenty-minute bus ride to the city to partake in this fun event. Here are a few pictures. Enjoy!
Our first stop was at a Moorish tea tent, to partake in perfect mint tea and delicious baklava. We even got to keep the tea glass as a souvenier.
I got to pet a camel! Those of you who have read Amanda in Arabia, know how much I love camels.
We watched artisans at work, such as this potter
And this sculpture
And this baker making buns in a medieval oven!
Displays of sturdy ovenware for sale
and colourful graters, perfect for grating garlic, ginger, tomatoes and more
Street entertainers were spotted everywhere.
Medieval musicians
and dancers wound their way through the streets as in days of old.
Even a troll
and other scary woodland creatures
Adults dressed up in their finery
And children got to be a king for a day!
How would you like to buy a suit of armour?
We stopped for lunch at a charming little restaurant frequented by the entertainers!
There were plenty of food stalls with fresh produce
waiting to be cooked over the hot coals, resulting in paella and other mouthwatering dishes
We decided not to have soup with balls.
A handsome Bedouin poses for us by his tent
To catch the spirit of the day, watch the video I took while there. You might feel like you have gone back in time like I did.
Orihuela Historic Sites
Posted on: February 13, 2015
- In: History | Spain | Travel
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My last post described the amazing medieval market in Orihuela. Orihuela is an interesting city dating back to the sixth century when the foundations were laid by the Romans. It sits at the base of the Sierra de Orihuela Mountains in the province of Alicante, Spain. As much as I enjoyed the market, I was also taken by the historic buildings and managed to take a few pictures which I would like to share.
The Town Hall
Santo Domingo Diocese College
Salvador and Santa Maria Cathedral
Bell tower
Cathedral courtyard
Santiago Parish Church
Mosque found in a side street
Another interesting doorway
ornate water fountain
original archway
I love taking pictures of interesting doorways and there were many to be found in Orihuela. There are a number of museums in the city as well which I would love to visit. I do believe I need to make another trip to explore this interesting city some more. Hope you enjoyed this glimpse.
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