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Baptismal font

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Baptismal Chapel entrance

Very ornate entrance to the baptismal entrance.

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Apostles Chapel ceiling

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

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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 chapel photos. They were all beautiful!

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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 National Monument. He died February 22, 1922. His was one of the few markers that was roped off.

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Chapel of the VIrgin of the Pilar

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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 inside the door.

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Town Hall

A close-up of town hall.

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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.

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Cuenca Cathedral

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

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Alfonso VIII

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

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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 granted it an extensive jurisdiction, which constituted an authentic landmark in history. Cuenca, September 2009 Sculptor Javier Barrios

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Cool windows!

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Neat!

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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 formations but we didn't make it over there.

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Neat old buildings

We liked the old buildings.

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Big group

The ridge looks kinda far away now. We were glad we missed that big group of people when we were taking pictures!

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To the hanging houses

Coming up to the hanging houses. Inside are a restaurant and the Museum of Abstract Arts.

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Cool rocks

It was cool haw the building were built on the giant rocks.

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Crossing slowly

Crossing very slowly and taking pictures. IT was so pretty!

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