Aug. 13 went to see Cap Roig ( Cabo Rojo), a self-cove the Costa Brava to the typical long, flat beaches of the province of Tarragona.
soon as we arrived we went immediately to the water. We walked a bit through the woods, and took the opportunity to eat at a large terrace situated by the sea.
In the afternoon, once we had enough beach, we went to Tortosa , a city that I wanted to know for some pictures I had seen on television. Located near the southern limit of Catalonia, a few miles from the border with Valencia.
During the English Civil War, the Battle Ebro was one of the most important, and the city was virtually destroyed. In 1966, Franco had built a monument to the fallen (to the fallen of the fascist side), to which various symbols have been removed but still survives the imperial eagle. There is, controversially, in the middle of river.
What I like about the city is a sense of abandonment. It seems that the locals have decided to let her go slowly destroying buildings, for lack of interest or money. Every so often you hear any news of a building that implodes buried within its inhabitants. In this photo, beside the river some buildings are slightly tilted forward and sides.
This I believe is the entrance to the cathedral in restoration work. The ladder was gone.
abounded in the street Muslims and Gypsies (each in their neighborhood.) Tortosa seems to have been abandoned by the Catalans in the hands of emerging ghettos, which will surely make a living in field work. Despite its history and heritage, it seems that tourism is an important engine of the city.
I really like these buildings decline.
This I believe is within the Episcopal Palace, a beautiful and complex construction, which threw us a bit abrupt as it was already six o'clock.
But before I got to take some pictures.
The Franco monument of the Battle of Ebro, a little more closely, and with the sun in front so you do not see anything.
Throughout Spain there are still some commemorative plaques. In Catalonia, Castilian plates are usually Franco. This particular one probably is, because it reminds a right-wing tortosà became mayor of Madrid, was able to fight a cholera epidemic in the city, and had to resign for corruption. Seems to be one of those heroes of the past from the English.
The destruction of some buildings is complete. Behind this elaborate entrance to a church there is only rubble and overhead (almost extinct in the rest of Catalonia).
In what was perhaps the central plaza, the glazed corner cries out for a second chance. In Barcelona, \u200b\u200bits value would be incalculable. Here, not even squatters.
buildings as if they were drunk, stumble in different directions. When you go forward, they need to rely on the front.
We went walking Castillo de San Juan , initiated by the Romans but built mostly by Muslims. Much of Spain was under Muslim rule for 7 centuries, including Tortosa. Now, the main construction works as a luxury hotel.
Castle controls the city and river.
Below is the Cathedral, which has a quite particular and left, with tiled roofs, the Episcopal Palace. For this image I wanted to know Tortosa.
A good example of an empty building, waiting for someone to decide to invest in the city rebuilding everything inside. I know a few buildings and Catalans who buy, restore the facade and other items of interest, and are built inside an upscale home. This unfortunately is a common practice among gypsies and Muslims, the inhabitants of this old town. The South Americans are not quite to restore, in fact. I guess for lack of roots.
The Ebro runs through the city.
the Cathedral Close
One of the walls and towers of the castle.
Far away across the city, another fortress, connected by an ancient wall.
Behind the wall, the former farmland.
central Well, surprisingly wide, protected by a fence.
access ramps, made of stone, try to keep the style of the castle. Here there has been a good restoration.
This structure, with pulleys at the corners, left me puzzled. I wonder what it was, really.
seems that a neighbor decided to brighten up the neighborhood by painting your attic red.
And another rose.
A server, confirming that people a few decades ago was lower.
were about to take a walk to the Virgin, but there seemed to be a buzz.
The rent of this place should be inexpensive. Yes, I would not do a window in that wall, which seems to hold half the building.
Here, a sunset over the river. "
a couple of years ago, during a drought, there was some controversy because Valencia wanted to be part of the Ebro diverted to their land (possibly need to open another hundred golf courses). The tortosà and Catalans in general disagreed. In fact, the Ebro is declining in the amount of water withdrawn for agriculture, so water is not enough.
I liked this building, which is actually a fast food chain. We asked a couple of sandwiches (in Argentina, "sandwiches") and went back to the hotel.
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