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The impressive carved portica of the renaissance convent of La Piedad looks across the courtyard at the recently converted hotel,Senorio de Casalareinna converted from part of the convent
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The impressive carved portica of the renaissance convent of La Piedad looks across the courtyard at the recently converted hotel,Senorio de Casalareinna converted from part fo the convent
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The ornate carved portal of San Esteban Protomartir,the Catholic church in Abalos.
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The carved portal of the Catholic church in Abalos,San Esteban Protomartir
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The door of one of the winery warehouses at the old railway siding at Haro previously used by the wineries to transport the Rioja wine to Bilbao
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A door knocker on a house in the small hill top village of Briones
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Details of carved armorial shields and a window and wrought iron balcony on a mansion in Haro
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An effigy of Mary is prepared to be paraded through the streets of Seville during one of the many religious processions.
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The entrance to Muga Winery is covered by a vine and flanked by stone and ceramic flower pots
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The twin bell towers of the Church of San Francisco Javier flank its elaborately carved portal
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Spain,Andalucia,Seville. An elegant doorway to a house along Calle Betis on the south side of the Rio Guadalquivir.
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The fine Baroque entrance of a house in Seville's Barrio Santa Cruz,Spain
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At the end of a bull fight in Autol,two boys undergo a test of courage by lying motionless in a double bed in the middle of the bullfighting ring while their friends goad a steer to charge as close as they can to the bed
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At the end of a bull fight in Autol,young steers are released into the ring and local children and young men display their courage by enticing the steer to charge them before leaping to safety
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Spectators watch as a bull enters the ring at the start of a bullfight in Autol
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Statue of a dinosaur at the site of dinosaur footprints at La Virgen del Campo. La Rioja Baja conserves some of the most important ichnite remains,fossils and dinosaur footprints in the world.
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The Monastery of Suso at San Millan de la Cogolla was built to commemorate a hermit saint called Millan who lived in caves on the spot devoting his life to prayer in the 4th & 5th centuries AD.
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The Monastery of Suso at San Millan de la Cogolla was built to commemorate a hermit saint called Millan who lived in caves on the spot devoting his life to prayer in the 4th & 5th centuries AD.
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An arched cloister in The Monastery of Santa Maria de Valvanera sits in a quiet side valley of the Rio Najerilla. Dating back as far as the 9th Century,the current temple was built in the 15th century with additions to the monastery in the 20th Century
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The Monastery of Santa Maria de Valvanera sits in a quiet side valley of the Rio Najerilla. Dating back as far as the 9th Century,the current temple was built in the 15th century with additions to the monastery in the 20th Century
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An old cobbled bridge,dating back to medieval times,crosses the Rio Iregua to reach the whitewashed houses of Villanueva de Cameros
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A bronze waterspout on a drinking water fountain in the village of Ortigosa
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The 15th Century church in Najera has distinctive reddish brick and rounded buttresses. Najera beccame the seat of the Kings of Navarra after the Moors took Pamplona in 918AD. It is one of the towns pilgrims visit along the Camino de Santiago.
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A trumpeter plays charanga to accompany Gigantic plaster heads as they are processed through the streets of the village of Castanares during the festival of Giants and Bigheads (Gigantes y Cabezados)
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The striking centre-piece Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,protrudes from the undulating aluminium roof like the prow of a ship Ysios Winery designed by Santiago Calatrava,Leza Alava,Spain
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The striking centre-piece Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,protrudes from the undulating aluminium roof like the prow of a ship
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The striking architecture of Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,mirrors the undulations of the limestone mountains of the Sierra de Cantabria rising behind
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The striking architecture of Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,mirrors the undulations of the limestone mountains of the Sierra de Cantabria rising behind
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The striking architecture of Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,mirrors the undulations of the limestone mountains of the Sierra de Cantabria rising behind
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The heavily buttressed walls of the 13th Century Castillo de Davalillo are set on a hilltop with commanding views over the Ebro Valley. Now surrounded by peaceful vineyards,it was once a strategic defensive position.
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Chozo de Puerto Rubio,an old beehive-shaped shepherd's hut,now surrounded by vineyards
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Grapes on the vine in a vineyard in the Ebro Valley will be harvested to produce the region's famous Rioja wine
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The hilltop village of San Vicente seen from one of the stone crosses that represent the Twelve Stations of the Cross. San Vicente is known for its guild of flagellants who process along the stations of the cross whipping themselves in penance as they go.
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A statue of girls and children holding grapes to celebrate the wine harvest stands beside the entrance to Muga Winery on a stone plinth surrounded by flower pots
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Carved figurines of two of the Twelve Apostles which surround the elegant carved portal of the 16th Century church of Santo Tomas in Haro.
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Ornate shuttered windows and balustrades on a mansion in the old part of Haro
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Wine barrels are laid out in artistic curves at Ysios winery. This modern,almost futuristic winery was designed by world-renowned architect,Santiago Calatrava
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Tools for making wine barrels in the cooper's workshop at Muga winery
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An old bottling machine inside a disused winery in the village of Abalos
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Detail of the exterior of the Mezquita,showing the Moorish influence.
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A statue of Santo Domingo over the portal of the cathedral of Santo Domingo,an important stop for pilgrims following the St James's Way. The cathedral is a magnificent example of protgothic architcture with a more recent Baroque tower
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Italy,Sicily,Mazara del Vallo. Ornate doorway entrance to the Cultural Centre on Piazza Plebicito.
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Portugal,Alentejo,Redondo. Commonly know as Torre de Menagem,this small medieval tower in the village of Redondo in the Alentejo was used to isolate people with Tuberculosis.
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Old man leaning in his door with his cigarette watching the world go by,Lisbon,Portugal
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Malta,Mdina. A lion's head door knocker on a door in the medieval walled city of Mdina.
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View thorugh an arched entrance to the inner courtyard of Seville's Cathedral,Spain
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A matador goads the bull to charge with her cape during a bullfight in Autol. In honour of the Women's Day Fiesta it is a female matadora.
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A matador goads the bull to charge with her cape during a bullfight in Autol. In honour of the Women's Day Fiesta it is a female matadora.
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A matador goads the bull to charge with his cape during a bullfight in Autol
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The tiled roofs of the houses and village church of Villoslada de Cameros look down on the Iregua Valley
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A shop sign advertising sausage and pate for sale in the village of Ortigosa
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The 15th Century church in Najera has distinctive reddish brick and rounded buttresses. Najera beccame the seat of the Kings of Navarra after the Moors took Pamplona in 918AD. It is one of the towns pilgrims visit along the Camino de Santiago.
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The 15th Century church in Najera has distinctive reddish brick and rounded buttresses. Najera beccame the seat of the Kings of Navarra after the Moors took Pamplona in 918AD. It is one of the towns pilgrims visit along the Camino de Santiago.
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The striking centre-piece Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,protrudes from the undulating aluminium roof like the prow of a ship
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The striking centre-piece Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,protrudes from the undulating aluminium roof like the prow of a ship
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The striking architecture of Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,mirrors the undulations of the limestone mountains of the Sierra de Cantabria rising behind
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The striking architecture of Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,mirrors the undulations of the limestone mountains of the Sierra de Cantabria rising behind
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The striking architecture of Ysios winery,designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava,mirrors the undulations of the limestone mountains of the Sierra de Cantabria rising behind
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Bottles of Rioja wine are stored in huge racks at Ysios winery. This modern,almost futuristic winery was designed by world-renowned architect,Santiago Calatrava
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Wine barrels are laid out in artistic curves at Ysios winery. This modern,almost futuristic winery was designed by world-renowned architect,Santiago Calatrava
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Wine barrels are laid out in artistic curves at Ysios winery. This modern,almost futuristic winery was designed by world-renowned architect,Santiago Calatrava
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Wine barrels are laid out in artistic curves at Ysios winery. This modern,almost futuristic winery was designed by world-renowned architect,Santiago Calatrava
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Stainless steel maturation vats in Ysios winery. This modern,almost futuristic winery was designed by one of Spain's best known architects,Santiago Calatrava
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Barrels of Rioja wine in the underground cellars at Muga winery
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Barrels of Rioja wine in the underground cellars at Muga winery
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Barrels of Rioja wine in the underground cellars at Muga winery
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The foreman of works inspects barrels of Rioja wine in the underground cellars at Muga winery
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The foreman of works inspects barrels of Rioja wine in the underground cellars at Muga winery
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All the Rioja wine at Muga winery is aged in oak casks in underground cellars
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Bottles of Muga Reserva and Torre Muga on top of new wine barrels at Muga winery
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Bottles of Vina Hermosa Reserva 2001 lie in a crate ready for labelling in the wine cellar at the family owned Vina Hermosa winery. 2001 is deemed to have been one of the best years in the history of Rioja wine.
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A bottle of Vina Hermosa Reserva 2001 in the wine cellar at the family owned Vina Hermosa winery. 2001 is deemed to have been one of the best years in the history of Rioja wine.
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Racks of wine bottles maturing in an underground cellar at Bodega Real Divisa winery in the village of Abalos. This is one of the oldest wineries in Spain dating back to the 14th Century.
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Wine barrels in an underground cellar at Bodega Real Divisa winery in the village of Abalos. This is one of the oldest wineries in Spain dating back to the 14th Century.
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Jesus Puelles,owner and winemaker of the Puelles winery in his vineyard
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Statue of St James at the Cathedral of Santiago in Santiago de Compostela.
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