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Las Casas Colgadas

The Hanging Houses! They are considered the most famous buildings in Cuenca. Built over a rock above the Huecar River gorge in the 15th century, the are the only remaining samples of this type of building which was common in this city a long time ago.

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Downtown

A view of downtown Cuenca from the bridge.

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Rooster

That must have been a farm down there in the gorge. There was a rooster down there corwing constantly.

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Kris

A good photo of Kris.

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Finally crossing

We finally took enough photos of the gorge and the city from this side, now we're going to cross the bridge.

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History of Cuenca

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Saint Paul Bridge

The first Bridge of Saint Paul was built from 1533 to 1589 to connect the city with the convent. After the collapse, the current bridge was built in 1902 and is built upon the supports of the old bridge. It's up to 40 meters high.

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Huecar River Gorge

A good shot of Cuenca and the Parador on opposite sides of the gorge.

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Cuenca by day

We headed out toward Cuenca, taking a million photos along the way.

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Giant stones

There are giant stones everywhere. Very cool! This starcase leads to a parking lot. We got lucky and parked right in front of the hotel.

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Day 3 selfie!

Bill's selfie of the day!

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One last pic

One last picture of the bridge out the indow.

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Other side

Other side of the room. There's the window where we were taking pictures earlier.

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Too dark

After a while it got too dark for photos, time to see the room and get some dinner.

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Beautiful City

Cuenca looked so beautiful we couldn't wait to see it tomorrow!

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Cuenca

We made it to Cuenca right around sunset! We had a perfect view of the city from our room.

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