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Tag Archives: Haunted Spain
Abandoned: Why We’re Haunted by Ruins
Around the Albaicyn in Granada, about 20% of the homes are abandoned. Some are waiting for restoration, for a future, while others are disintegrating beyond all repair. As I walk through these tiny, winding streets, I seek out the desolate places, the homes that have withered for decades under the harsh sun of the AndalusianContinue reading “Abandoned: Why We’re Haunted by Ruins”
La Casa de las Caras: Believe it or Not, Something Weird is Happening Here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lmez_Faces In 1971, María Gómez Cámara saw a clear face form in her cement floor, seemingly overnight. The Pereira family home at Calle Real 5, Bélmez de la Moraleda, Jaén, Spain, became famous shortly thereafter, with Spanish newspapers coming down on one side or the other regarding the authenticity of the faces. What followed were decades of facesContinue reading “La Casa de las Caras: Believe it or Not, Something Weird is Happening Here”
The Damned City of Trasmoz, Spain
Trasmoz, the only excommunicated city in Spain, was damned more than once by Ecclesiastical authorities: Once in 1255 by refusing to submit to the authority of the powerful Monastery of Veruela, and again in 1511 in a conflict with the Superior of the same Monastery over water rights. Trasmoz was officially “cursed” by the AbbottContinue reading “The Damned City of Trasmoz, Spain”
