This is Arévalo !!!

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We were back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see new places with my sons and our dog Rex ! I rented a small house in a off the beaten path country town that was just perfect ! I like to continue the saga of our new road warrior experiences even if now with less in our family,This post is on my latest road warrior tour of wonderful sublime Spain. Therefore, let me tell you about this is Arévalo !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Arévalo is in the province of Avila, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Léon , in the kingdom of Spain, Only 73 km from our rental house in Velliza and 126 km from Madrid, We were going to Madrid again with book reservations and had extra time in the morning so I took my road warrior mode on and came in off the A6 highway to see this wonderful town passed many times and finally in, This is a new town and find in my world map, Spain is huge of beautiful towns, working on it still……

The town of Arévalo aka as the town of the five lineages , In the old town of Arévalo a notable amount of examples of Mudejar Castilian architecture also called” Romanesque brick ” and constitutes one of the most outstanding places in this regard , The town goes by two important roads: the A-6 highway, or Autovia del Noroeste (Northwest Highway), which joins Madrid with La Coruña, communicates this population with the main cities of the Northwest. Tordesillas , a knot that gives access to Valladolid, Palencia, Burgos and around the entire Spanish north is at 59 km. The CL-605 regional road that joins Segovia at 61 km and Zamora at 118 km.

You have the Plaza de la Villa ,a typically Castilian, columnated square, that is, with supportals, according to popular expression. O historically interesting, the building called the Casa de los Sexmos or house of the sixths that the government housed these territorial constituencies.

Arévalo Plaza de la Villa left dec24

Arévalo Plaza de la Villa right dec24

The Plaza del Real where it was located the Palacio de los Trastamara (queen Isabel royal lineage house) ,the square is surrounded by the City Hall and the Arco de Alcocer, as more characteristic buildings as the Tourism Office, the Cereal Museum and the Center for Interpretation of Nature. As well as a music kiosk,

Arévalo plaza del Real dec24

Arévalo Plaza del Real music kiosk front dec24

The City Hall occupies the Palacio de Río Ungría, in the Plaza del Real ,

Arévalo city hall ayuntamiento dec24 Other things to see in Arévalo, me think ,are:    The Puente Medina bridge was built during the 14C in Mudejar style, is composed of three main pointed arches on the Adaja river,The Puente de Valladolid brige, has seven arches and 110 meters in length and, currently, is in a state of abandonment and partial ruin caused partly by the construction of a new bridge in the 1970s. Despite its status it is one of the monuments with the greatest heritage of the town The Ermita de La Lugareja aka ChurchSanta María, the hermitage, which is 1.5 km to the south of the town, was formerly a Mudejar style monastery of which only the head with three apses remains. The Palacio de los Sedeño is located on the Calle Santa María. It is a palace house that has a rectangular tower of 18 meters. The construction of the latter is dating around 1400, while the rest of the is in a ruin state. In the 15C, the cover and the three frosted holes of the upper floor ,are 16C.  The Palacio Gutiérrez-Altamirano is located on the Calle Larga ,and is divided into several private houses. It is a house-palace of lords Altamirano . One of their peculiarities is a corner balcony with a Ionic capitel column, very similar to the characteristics of  Extremadura skid balconies. It is corner of the callejón del Paraíso( alley of Paradise). In this palace the grandparents of Hernán Cortés lived. There are also other mansions such as Palacio Cárdenas; Palacio de Río Ungría; Palacio Ronquillo Ballesteros (in ruins); and Palacio del General Vicente de Río, the Palacio del Marqués de Villasante on Calle La Morería. The Royal Houses of Arévalo or Palacio de El Real, where Isabel the Catholic has disappeared in the 1970s for reasons never entirely clarified.  See, also, the History Museum located in the Plaza de la Villa,  Former home of the city hall and the Sexmos.

A bit of history I like tell us that Arévalo was founded around 1085-1090, in the context of the Christian reconquest, It appears documented for the first time in the year 1090, when repopulators from the north of the Peninsula arrive at it , During the second half of the 12C was border among the kingdoms of Castile and León, There were a large Jewish and Muslim community settled, being the Jewish of Arévalo the second of the kingdom of Castile at the beginning of the 15C, The king Enrique IV King of Castile summoned Cortes (the courts) ,and, later queen Isabel la Católica in the Royal Houses of Arévalo passed her youth in the city also established her court the brother of Isabel, Alfonso. The town was committed by Enrique IV to Álvaro Stúñiga, a family member with a lineage of Navarro origin granting the lordship and duchy of this in 1469 ; however, the Duchy of Arévalo only lasted until 1480, delivering Arévalo to Isabel de Portugal , progenitor of Isabel la Católica, On July 2, 1494 The Treaty of Tordesillas was ratified in Arévalo. This agreement would also be ratified in Setúbal by the Portuguese monarch Juan II on September 7, 1494. In the 16C Ignacio de Loyola spent his adolescence in Arévalo, being the most likely date of his stay in the town the period between 1506 and 1517. The passage of the French armies in the town aggravated the situation even more for the excessive demands of the invader by officers like Auguste Marmont, Duke of Ragusa, reached the looting of the city, The city acquired the title of city on July 19 1894, granted by María Cristina de Habsburg-Lorena-Regent of Alfonso XIII.

The City of Arévalo on its heritage : https://arevalo.es/turismo/que-ver-y-hacer/

The Castilla y Léon regional tourist office on Arévalo : https://www.turismocastillayleon.com/en/heritage-culture/arevalo

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Do not know when we will be back, we sure will have this trip in our hearts forever, Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Arévalo !!! 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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