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my favourite place

eTwinning Project: Medieval European Towns

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Galicia

Ourense

Photos by: Joaquina

Joaquina

Castro Caldelas

My favourite place in my village is the Star Park. It's so called because there is a beautiful star-shaped fountain in the middle. surrounded by green gardens, flowering trees and bushes. There are also benches to rest and an area for physical exercise.There is, also,a caravan park, that's why many people get together there.

Photos by: Sonia Leite

Sonia Leite

Ribadavia

My favourite place in my town is the Veronza Park, near my house.It's a big park and there are manytrees and a river. There is a tennis court, a football field and a playground, too.

Photos by: Benita

Benita

Ribadavia

My favourite place is on the banks of the Avia river. It's so peaceful that you only hear the sound of the water and the birds.Sometimes you see a few ducks and some herons. I like to sit and listen to these sounds for hours. It's relaxing.

Photos by: Lorena

Lorena

Ribadavia

My favourite place in my town is San Xes Church and it’s in front of my house.From my window, I can see the facade. There is a very big rock bench and It’s very quiet. There is a beautiful viewof the valley and the Miño river.

Photos by: Begoña

Begoña

Ourense

I like many places in Ourense but the Roman Bridge is one of my favourite ones. It was declared a Historical Monument of Cultural Interest. It was built over the Miño River and its pillars are Roman.

The ROman bridge

The Roman bridge of Ourense was built in the 1st century A.D and it is built over the river Miño. At the moment , it conserves 7 arcs of the 11 primitive ones. Being the longest central arch that measure 43 meters long. In total it measures 370 meters long. It was declared a historical monument on April 1961. It is currently for pedestrian use only.

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Asun Lorenzo

Elsa

Ourense

My favourite place is Castro Santomé, a Celtic setlement. It's located in a beautiful native forest and it has wonderful views of the city.The coexistence in time and space can still be observed: Celtic ruins and remains of Roman roads.

Ana

Ourense

The Millenium Bridge is my favourite place in Ourense. It was opened in 2001, and became a symbol of modern Ourense. It was designed with an elliptical shape, and it has a pedestrian walkway 22 meters high.When you reach the top you can enjoy spectacular views of all the bridges over the Miño river.

Carlos Manuel

Ourense

Rua do Paseo (Walk Street) is my favourite place in Ourense. There you can find whatever you need, such as clothes and places to eat or have a coffee. It gest fully-colored at Christmas.

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Roi

Ourense

Montealegre is the beautiful name given to the great forest park in Ourense, a place always bathed by the sun, which closes the city to the east and overlooks the valley, seeing the three rivers flow until they join.Montealegre Botanical Garden has a research center and an open-air auditorium.

Lucila

Ourense

tThe Nymphs Walk is on the banks of the Miño River at Ourense. This is the best place to take advantage of nature.At the same time it has green spaces, playgrounds, and it's and ideal route for walking and cycling.

Sonia Alemparte

Ourense

JHi, my name is Sonia and I live in Orense. It's a tidy city. Here there are a lot of places to visit but my favourite place is the Old City because there are a lot of bars and restaurants where you can try traditional Galician foodBesides you can visit the cathedral, which is nearby.Bye, bye

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María José Pérez Filgueira

Ourense

One of my favourite’s places in Ourense is the main square, which is is considered the heart of the city. The square is surrounded by old houses which gives it a charming atmosphere. It is a perfect place to have a tea or a coffee and chat with friends while you enjoy watching people walk.. At Christmas, the tree is in the middle of the square decorated and with spectacular lights. And in the New year's Eve is a place where take the grapes when the twelve chimes sound, which is the typical Spanish tradition to begin the year.

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The Cloister of the Convent of St. Francis

The old San Francisco Convent is located in the upper part of the city, near the Ourense Auditorium. From this original building the church was moved in 1929 stone by stone to its new location, the Church of San Francisco is located next to the “Parque de San Lázaro”.The Cloister of the convent of San Francisco has a rectangular floor plan with 63 pointed arches and 76 double columns, except for the first four and the last four, which are unique and have a square shaft. This spectacular Gothic cloister with a still archaic Romanesquetradition presents a rich collection of vegetal, zoomorphic (fantastic and real animals, such as dogs, lions, elephants) and anthropomorphic capitals.The convent has been converted into a cultural center, a hostel for pilgrims and a sculpture exhibition hall for the Archaeological Museum,since said museum is normally located in the Episcopal Palace but is being renovated. Next to it is the San Francisco Cemetery, where many characters of the city's culture (sculptors, painters, poets...) are buried. This cemetery was declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 2000, while the cloister was declared a National Monument in 1923.

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Mabel Barbosa Crespo

The Manzaneda Castle

The medieval village of Manzaneda was built on the initiative of the monarch Alfonso XI in the year 1332, being royal until the 14th century, when it became part of the lordship of Lemos in the person of Don Pedro Fernández de Castro. Documentation from the 12th and 13th centuries is preserved in which reference is made to a first wall and a castle. During the 15th century, it became a solid bastion used by Pedro Álvarez Osorio, Count of Lemos, in his struggles against the Count of Benavente, without the latter ever managing to expel him. The Lord of Lemos was famous for increasing the tax burden on the peasants to the point of suffocation and for this reason, the medieval village was one of the targets of the revolt of the "Irmandiños" at the end of the 15th century, causing the destruction of part of the castle (one more in the list of fortresses demolished by the Irmandiños between 1467 and 1469).After the Irmandiños were defeated, they were forced to rebuild it. During the 16th century, the jurisdiction of the town's territories became part of the patrimony of the Sarmiento family, Counts of Ribadavia, and in this century it became one of the most important fortresses in Galicia. But little by little it was crumbling and its stones were used for all kinds of constructions, until finally in the 19th century the lordship was abolished.

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Érika Casas

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Of the castle, built of masonry and ashlar with a simple structure and located in the highest part of the town, only the remains of the barbican can be seen, in which there are three post-15th century-style thrones, a few walls and some scattered columns and capitals. The town also had a great wall 400 metres long and 5 metres thick at the base and 2.5 metres thick at the top, with a maximum height of around 10 metres. In one of the sections of the wall is the Porta da Vila, although there were two other more famous ones: the Porta Falsa and the Porta de Abaixo (not preserved).

Tito

Ourense

This part of Ourense is my favourita. It is called "wines streets" because people would traditionally go there to sell and buy wine. Nowadays, this area is full of restuarants and you can have some delicious tapas there.

The "Wines" streets

Every night, but specially during the weekends, the streets are so full of people that it is actually quite difficult to walk through them. Even in the winter time, everyone likes sitting outside and having something to eat and drink.

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