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Gothic

I love gothic churches. The faces are everywhere!

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The Bishop's Chapel

This chapel was interesting. As you can see, there are two sarcophogi, then on the shelves there are busts and carvings of hands in different positions. There are also vials with what could be blood in-between the hands.

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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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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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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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Crossing slowly

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

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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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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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