The Parque San Julian in Cuenca !!!

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This is another soft spot for us, as spent many vacations there over the years and even with the family in Summers. Cuenca is Unesco heritage site but it has more a  lot more. We like to walk a lot , we always figure is the best way to see a city once in it. The architecture and the city comes out alive right in front of your eyes with time to indulge on its past. We inmensily love the parque San Julian of many wonderful family moments ,and I like to update this older post with new text and links for you and me, Therefore, here is my new take on the parque San Julian in Cuenca !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The lungs of any City, and in Cuenca there is no different and here we have very nice memorable moments with the family. I have written many many posts on Cuenca and surrounding,see those posts in my blog. For reference, Cuenca is in the Province of Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha  autonomous  region of the kingdom of Spain. Practically half way between Madrid and Valencia.

The parque San Julian is in the newer lower town right next to several government buildings including the main post office. Very close to important streets such as Carretería, Tintes, Aguirre or Las Torres, and located a few minutes from the Old Town of Cuenca. A fundamental enclave in the social life of Cuenca. Venue of pleasant walks, moments of relaxation and classy events. My family enjoyed much and always each time there made plans for a stop. Memories forever with my dear late wife Martine. It has restaurant terraces for a drink on the hot summer days under the shades of the imposing trees of Parque San Julian. The expansion of the city in its lower part, where formerly there were only vegetable gardens. This is how Carretería arises and what we understand as the Cuenca expansion, that is, Parque San Julián and surroundings.

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It saw the light in the old orchards of the Huécar river,(see post) back in the 1920s when known as Canalejas park. Since then, almost 100 years later, it continues to be frequented every day by dozens of people.and has been the essential reference element for the collective life of the city for almost a hundred years, The mosaic of a part of the temple, as well as housing unique plant species, outdoor sculptural works by Luis Marco Pérez and bronze fountains, still in operation. Housing statures and busts, sometimes too hidden, of characters that were important in the city. The Parque San Julián park, has always been that, just the parque or park. Much of the population of Cuenca gives it from the moment it becomes something very significant for this city: a meeting place for people of all ages and conditions, an unbeatable stage for all kinds of shows, a showcase for different cultural activities, a platform to publicize the most diverse ideas, proposals, etc. or simply an oasis in the middle of the desert.

The parque San Julián, as had been announced some time ago, will be the first two spaces in the city center to be reformed with part of the funds from the Sustainable Urban Development Strategy (Edusi), for which the Cuenca City Council has announced the convening of an ideas competition. The City of Cuenca works in a comprehensive remodeling of the parque San Julián in everything related to sidewalks, gardens, land area, bathrooms and, of course, its central temple. The two projects , one for bathrooms and temple and another for the rest of the park , have already been presented and are in the dependencies of the consortium of the city of Cuenca for its assessment.A very slow process that as of May 2024 has not started,

The Cuenca tourist office on the parque San Julian: https://visitacuenca.es/es/content/parque-de-san-julian

There you go folks, once in town a visit to the park is a nice way to relax and gain air to continue seeing the bigger monuments already mentioned in my previous posts on Cuenca. Again, hope you enjoy the parque San Julian in Cuenca as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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