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    City built into rock: Setenil De Las Bodegas

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    City built into rock: Setenil De Las Bodegas



    Setenil de las Bodegas is a town (pueblo) in the province of Cádiz, Spain, famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Rio Trejo. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 3,016 inhabitants. It has an exact antipodal city: Auckland, New Zealand....

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    Las Luminarias de San Anton Festival

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    Las Luminarias de San Anton Festival



    Father Juan Manuel Villar blesses a dog during the feast of San Anton, the patron saint of animals, at the San Anton church on January 17, 2012 in the center of Madrid, Spain. San Anton is honored by many Catholic churches in Spain where thousands of animal lovers flock to their nearest place of worship to have their animals blessed. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)...

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    Fiesta De San Fermin Running Of The Bulls

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    Fiesta De San Fermin Running Of The Bulls



    Festival goers celebrate during the Chupinazo, marking the beginning of the San Fermin festival on July 6, 2011 in Pamplona, Spain. Pamplonas famous Fiesta de San Fermin, which involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona for eight days starting July 7th, was made famous by the 1926 novel of U.S. writer Ernest Hemmingway called [The Sun Also Rises]. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)...

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    El Colacho Festival

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    El Colacho Festival



    [Baby jumping (El Colacho) is a traditional Spanish practice dating back to 1620 that takes place annually to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi in the village of Castrillo de Murcia near Burgos. During the act – known as El Salto del Colacho (the devil's jump) or simply El Colacho – men dressed as the Devil (known as the Colacho) jump over babies born during the previous twelve months of the year who lie on mattresses in the street. ... The festival has been rated as one of the most dangerous in the world]. – Wikipedia

    Photo: A man representing the devil...

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    Tomato Fight

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    Tomato Fight



    [La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, in which participants throw tomatoes at each other]. – Wikipedia

    Photo: A man sits in tomato pulp at the end of the worlds biggest tomato fight at La Tomatina festival on August 26, 2009 in Bunol, Spain. More than 45000 people from all over the world descended on the small Valencian town to participate La Tomatina festival, with the local town hall estimating that over 100 tons of rotten and over-ripe tomatoes were thrown. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)...

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City built into rock: Setenil De Las Bodegas

  • 100
Author: alice from 14 November, views 2769, Educative
City built into rock: Setenil De Las Bodegas



Setenil de las Bodegas is a town (pueblo) in the province of Cádiz, Spain, famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Rio Trejo. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 3,016 inhabitants. It has an exact antipodal city: Auckland, New Zealand....

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Las Luminarias de San Anton Festival

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Author: alice from 14 November, views 2733, Touching
Las Luminarias de San Anton Festival



Father Juan Manuel Villar blesses a dog during the feast of San Anton, the patron saint of animals, at the San Anton church on January 17, 2012 in the center of Madrid, Spain. San Anton is honored by many Catholic churches in Spain where thousands of animal lovers flock to their nearest place of worship to have their animals blessed. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)...

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Fiesta De San Fermin Running Of The Bulls

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Author: alice from 14 November, views 2768, Wow
Fiesta De San Fermin Running Of The Bulls



Festival goers celebrate during the Chupinazo, marking the beginning of the San Fermin festival on July 6, 2011 in Pamplona, Spain. Pamplonas famous Fiesta de San Fermin, which involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona for eight days starting July 7th, was made famous by the 1926 novel of U.S. writer Ernest Hemmingway called [The Sun Also Rises]. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)...

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El Colacho Festival

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Author: jone from 14 November, views 3352, Wow
El Colacho Festival



[Baby jumping (El Colacho) is a traditional Spanish practice dating back to 1620 that takes place annually to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi in the village of Castrillo de Murcia near Burgos. During the act – known as El Salto del Colacho (the devil's jump) or simply El Colacho – men dressed as the Devil (known as the Colacho) jump over babies born during the previous twelve months of the year who lie on mattresses in the street. ... The festival has been rated as one of the most dangerous in the world]. – Wikipedia

Photo: A man representing the devil...

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Tomato Fight

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Author: alice from 14 November, views 3294, Wow
Tomato Fight



[La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, in which participants throw tomatoes at each other]. – Wikipedia

Photo: A man sits in tomato pulp at the end of the worlds biggest tomato fight at La Tomatina festival on August 26, 2009 in Bunol, Spain. More than 45000 people from all over the world descended on the small Valencian town to participate La Tomatina festival, with the local town hall estimating that over 100 tons of rotten and over-ripe tomatoes were thrown. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)...

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