Tag Archives: Valencia

Xátiva & The Borja Popes

Posted on Tuesday, 19 January, 2010 by John

There is a reason I have posted this rather unassuming and hastily taken snapshot on Flickr. It is the birthplace of my favourite pope. Back in the 1960′s when I was studying A-level History, I was taught by an eccentric and rather stern teacher called Miss Schofield. I never knew her first name and Miss [...]

Posted in Spain - España, Travel | Tagged Alejandro VI, Alexander VI, Borgia, Borja, castell, castillo, castle, Hannibal, Himilice, history, Játiva, pope, Valencia, Xàtiva | Leave a comment

Photographing the Work of Santiago Calatrava

Posted on Saturday, 16 January, 2010 by John

What do you do if you are in control of a famous medieval city with the industrial area of a dried out old river bed (the river diverted 50 years before to avoid flooding) scarring the landscape and positioned at the end of a creatively designed public garden. If you were English you would immediately [...]

Posted in Español, Photography and Flickr, Spain - España, Travel | Tagged architecture, City of Arts and Sciences, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, contemporary, Santiago Calatrava, Turia, Valencia | Leave a comment

Calatrava & The New Random Headers

Posted on Sunday, 3 January, 2010 by John

I’m not sure what I think of the new headers, some of them seem to work, some of them don’t. They are all cuts from a series of photographs I took in Valencia last October, and which have yet to make their way onto Flickr. The main thing is, it is a change. The macro [...]