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Monday Morning Photo - Plaza Mayor, Salamanca

One of the most beautiful squares in Spain the Plaza Mayor, a baroque style plaza, on the north side is the City Hall building. Decorated with stonework medallions between each arch, including depictions of  Carlos I, Alfonso XI, Fernando VI, Cervantes and Santa Teresa. The buildings are three storeys, supported by semicircular arches topped by a balustrade.  Plaza Mayor, Salamanca See my One Day in Salamanca - What Not to Miss post on Luxury Spain Travel. Read my Review of Hacienda Zorita Wine Hotel and Spa just outside Salamanca. Go to the Monday Morning Photo list.

Monday Morning Photo - Esparto Craft at the Botanical Garden of Cacti and Succulents, Casarabonela

The Jardin Botánico de Cactus y Suculentes ¨Mora i Bravard   or The Botanical Garden of Cacti and Succulent Plants in Casarabonela contains one of the best collections of cacti and succulent plants in Europe.
It always has Esparto crafts and demonstrations of this once necessary, now dying, skill.


Locally Weaved Esparto Crafts
Locally Weaved Esparto Crafts


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