SPAIN POSTCARDS COLLECTION

Retiro pond and typical couple

Madrid, SPAIN

  RETIRO POND (Estanque del Retiro) - a large beautiful man-made pond located in northern entrance of the first biggest park of Madrid city,  the Buen Retiro Park ("Park of the Pleasant Retreat"). The pond is similar to New York’s Central Park pond.  It is home of large koi fish, turtle, white ducks, and black swans.  On the eastern edge of Retiro’s Pond is a grand statute of King Alfonso Xll, featuring a semicircular colonnade and an equestrian statue of the monarch on the top of a tall central core".  Visitors usually strolling by, huddle near the surface along the pond’s wall or just standing at the pond’s edge.

My Collection of Old Black and White postcards

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My Collection of Old Black and White postcards

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Hotel Santa Catalina, Postally used Spain

My Collection of Old Black and White postcards

PONTA DELGADA – Aspectos des Ruas

Coastline and Beaches of Blanes, Costa Bravo, Spain

SPAIN

Coastline and Beaches of Blanes

The Costa Brava is a coastal region of northeastern Spain,of Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà and Selva, in the province of Girona. The Costa Brava stretches from Blanes, 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Barcelona, to the French border.

The coast was named Costa Brava by Ferran Agulló (in Català, Ferran Agulló i Vidal) in an article published in Catalan newspaper La Veu de Catalunya in September 1908. Agulló, a journalist born in Girona, referred to the rugged landscape of the Mediterranean coast which runs from the river Tordera, near Blanes, to Banyuls with the name Costa Brava. Costa is the Catalan and Spanish word for 'coast', while Brava means 'rugged' or 'wild'.

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