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Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Sculptures and Street Art in Malaga

We recently spent the day in Malaga looking at sculptures and street art. It was a very enjoyable day even though we got rained on. Following are some really interesting sculptures.

Cenachero

Francisco Garcia Grana

Cenachero

This is located near the port and is of a fisherman carrying fish in his cenacho (basket) to sell on the streets, this no longer takes place but is part of Malaga's heritage. It was done by local sculptor Jaime Fernandez Pimentel and was commissioned by the mayor, Francisco Garcia Grana in 1968 and was inspired by Manolo 'El Petaca'.

Puntos de Vista (Points of View)

Made of bronze it is heads stacked on top of each other and looks really good and was done by Tony Cragg from Liverpool and cannot be missed when walking up Calle Larios and has been there since 2005.

Hans Christian Anderson

Hans Christian Anderson

This was sculpted by Jose Maria Cordoba and was commissioned by the Danish Royal Family and inaugurated in 2005 by Princess Benedikte of Denmark to commemorate the bicentenary of his birth.

La Paloma Quiromantica

This was by Jose Seguiri and based on a cartoon by Perez Estrada and is half dove and half open hand and stands on the street where this poet and novelist was born in 1934.

Rabbit and Mouse separated by a bench

Rabbit & Mouse

These were by Chema Lumbreras the rabbit symbolises a lack of time and the mouse represents death.

Who's that sitting with Picasso

Portrait of Pablo Picasso

By Francisco Lopez Hernandez has been in the Plaza de la Merced opposite the house that he was born in. Been there since 2008.

Looks like me after a bad night out

Sculpture outside the CAC Malaga - Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga.

Statue in Parque de Huelin to commemorate the 2011 year of volunteering

We then came upon some great street art.

Thought this was funny you can only cross the road if you are balancing on a bike

And finally the Malaga Eye

50 Shades of Autumn

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We made our first visit to the Arab Baths at Hospederia El Ventorro in Alhama de Granada today after the long hot summer, along the route we spotted the first snow on the tops of the Sierra Nevada. Usually we walk into town from El Ventorro for breakfast then walk back for the 12 to 1 45 session but we had a late start today and went for the relaxation of the Arab Baths first then walked into town for a light lunch. The walk into town was along the Camino de los Angeles which takes you up the gorge along the Rio Alhama passing the Ermita de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles which dates back to 1500 and is connected to the Legend of the Leap of Horse according to the legend in 1500 a knight arrived from Malaga and, as he was passing by the Huerta del Canon a movement in the undergrowth frightened the horse, which broke free from its reigns, started into a gallop and fell over the cliff. The knight survived the fall and had a vision of the Virgin Mary who told him he had 3 days to live but in that time must build an alter where he fell. The knight ordered the construction of the chapel. This was completed one year later and since then on 2nd August every year a religious procession travels to the chapel to pay their respects to Nuestra Senora de los Angeles. If you climb up on top of the rock near the chapel you can see the marks of the horseshoes (I have seen this myself).
The leaves on the trees were turning and the sky was beautiful giving us some amazing photos along the way.

The horseshoes can be found on one of these rocks

El Chamizo

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We drove from Villanueva del Rosario up through the Dehesa de Hondonero to park at Mirador Alto de Hondonero. We had a shock when we got out of the car because it was so windy but we still decided to do El Chamizo. We started off at a brisk pace until we reached the steep scree slope following the fence where we had to slow down a little. Going onward and upwards until we reached a crossing point in the fence which led up a green section to the right just below the ridge, this gave us some shelter from the wind. The clouds were swirling above is and eventually the route disappeared completely in cloud. We went up onto the ridge where the going became much harder and involved a lot of scrambling and we finally made it to the summit of El Chamizo (1640 metres) in about an hour and fifteen minutes at which time we were above the cloud. We had to wait some time on the summit until we managed to get some breaks in the cloud and took some photos of the magnificent views. Finally the clouds broke a little and we could see the way back down the green valley which was well marked by cairns which had been obscured by cloud on the way up. We got back to the fence without any problems and made the tricky descent down the scree slope back to the car in about two and a half hours.

Cultural visit to Cordoba

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To celebrate successfully completing Dryathlon (no alcohol during the whole of September for Cancer Research UK) we decided to treat ourselves with a trip to Cordoba with an overnight stay in a nice hotel.We drove there after breakfast parked up and crossed over the Roman bridge into the old part of the city then went to Hostal la Fuente to check in.

Shot from the Roman bridge of the old part of the city

Another shot of the Roman bridge

The room was very nice, it was quite cold when we left home so we had worn long trousers but when we got to Cordoba it was hot so we changed into shorts and went for a walk round the city. We decided to have some lunch and went to Bar Santos which we had seen in the lonely planet guide, where we had a large portion of potato omelette and a beer (first alcohol) for €3.50 each, but it was served up on plastic plates with plastic forks and we had to sit on the wall of the Mezquita in the shade but it was really nice.

Lunch and first alcohol for a month

After lunch we walked around looking for a nice restaurant to go for dinner later. We decided on Pairi Daeza in Hotel Balcon de Cordoba having been in to look around and taking a trip up to the terrace on top of the hotel.

View from the terrace at Pairi Daeza

Made a visit to the Museo de Bellas Artes where there were some lovely paintings and sculptures by local artists.

Sculptures at the Museo de Bellas Artes

We then went to Palacio de Viana which is a renaissance palace with tranquil courtyards and formal gardens which were fabulous and well worth a visit.

Made our way back to our hotel to celebrate not drinking for a month with a bottle of Cava on the terrace, which we enjoyed.

Nice glass of Cava to celebrate our return to drink

When we went for dinner all the tables on the upstairs terrace were booked so we had to eat downstairs which we didn't mind as there was a guitarist playing during the meal which made for a great atmosphere. The food was very good but small portions and we had another bottle of wine.

Waiting for dinner

All dressed up

After the meal we called into a couple of bars to sample the local beer which was very nice.
After a good nights sleep we had breakfast in the hotel which was good and then made our way to the Mezquita but after about 15 minutes they made everybody leave as there was a service at 10 am.