In the middle of Spain is the autonomous state of Castile-La Mancha. Its most famous denizens were an imaginary hero, Alonso Quixano, and a painter from Crete, Dominikos Theotocopoulos. Both Alonso and Dominikos were products of the end of the 16th/beginning of the 17th centuries, both have inspired flights of adventure and imagination, and both have been credited with inspiring movements in the arts and the creation of masterpieces.
El Greco and Don Quixote de la Mancha are not the only noteworthy things of this dry plateau on the Iberian Peninsula. It is a land riddled with castles such as the Castle of Alarcón and the Castle of Torija.
It is home to Spain’s smallest National Park, Las Tablas de Daimiel.One can take a bicycle or horseback tour over the 620-mile Route of Don Quixote and find oneself following the imaginary footprints of one of literature’s best-known characters and passing through Toledo, the city that holds the El Greco House Museum.
LOVE it! I looks like Idaho Falls except that our windmills are a little less charming. Ha ha. So what is the weather like? It looks sort of desert-ish but I want to know if it is WARM. Will a lime tree grow there? I want to be in lime tree climate!!!
ReplyDeleteLime trees grow everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThe power lines really highlight the beauty of the castle.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I thought they added some verisimilitude. :)
ReplyDeletePunk!