Thursday 28 December 2017

FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Christmas lights in the little village of Pozo de los Frailes:


It is traditional here for each parish and each local municipality to create a nativity scene called a Belén. However, these are not nativity scenes such as we have in the UK because they don't only tell the Christmas story but include local buildings and places, even local people.

Yesterday we visited Almeria, my favourite city. I love its shabby charm and its atmosphere full of a lost elegance of past years. And it has some of the best graffiti I've ever seen!

Its municipal Belén was vast, filling a hall in the Museo de la Guitarra.  In it we found buildings from Almeria and its surrounding area, such as the Alcazabar (the old Moorish fort), the Cathedral, and the iconic church from the salt works near the salinas (salt marshes) on the Cabo de Gata. Here are some photos, first of a market scene just as you can find in any village here on market day:

I loved this little cat curled up asleep!


The church at the salinas with a pile of salt next to it:
Finally, a shepherd with the Alcazabar up above him:
We visited the Alcazabar yesterday but more on that in my next post!

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