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Day 3

Exploring Cuenca, the cathedral, famous bridge, our parador.

Rock formations

I think you could hike to those rocks and check out the formations. They had a tourist spot nearby that had some cool rock formati…
Neat!
Cool windows!
Statue plaque

Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) King of Castile. The September 21, 1177, day of San Mateo, after a nine-month siege, conquered Cuenca and…
Alfonso VIII

This statue was kind of off to the side of a parking lot. We passed it on the way to town.
Cuenca Cathedral

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace and Saint Julian was built from 1182 to 1270. We were definitely going inside.
Plaza mayor

Plaza Mayor had a bunch of shops and restaurants. The arches at the end of the street supported the Town Hall, built in 1762.
Town Hall

A close-up of town hall.
Cathedral tour

We love checking out churches so we had to see the cathedral. We bought the self-guided tour. It was already beautiful right insid…
Chapel of the VIrgin of the Pilar
The Bishop Wenceslao Sanguesa

He was instrumental in rebuilding the new bridge of San Pablo and he was instrumental in declaring the Cuenca Cathedral a Nation…
Beautiful ceiling mural
Satined glass

There was some fantastic stained glass!
Chapel of the Apostles

We took photos of all of the chapels. We were in the Cathedral of a few hours. It was FREEZING in there! I'll post a few of the ch…
Apostles Chapel ceiling

Each chapel was very different. This one had a cool ceiling too.
Baptismal Chapel entrance

Very ornate entrance to the baptismal entrance.
Baptismal font
Stained glass windows

We started walking up to the main stained glass windows and the sun was beaming in perfectly. I've never seen sun coming in to a c…
Jamete Arch

The beautiful Rose Window to the left sits above the Jamete Arch, built in the 16th century.
More stained glass

As you face the Jamete Arch, to you back are these beautiful windows. The sun was streaming through these windows.