“City Life Anymore…?”

Las Iglesias de Espana y Santos (tumbas, etc.)

Barcelona: La Sagrada Familia (Modernisme: 1882-)
Catedral Santa Eulalia (Gothico: 1298-19th)
Santa Eulalia de Barcelona

Cordoba: La Mezquita (El Islam y Catolico: 784-987)

Granada: La Alhambra (Moro: 13th-1870 (Monumento Nacional))

Leon: Catedral (Gothico: 13th-14th)
Santa Maria de La Regala

Salamanca: Catedral Vieja y Nueva (Romanesque: 12th-13th. Gothico: 16th.)
Iglesia-Convento de San Esteban (16th)
Virgen de Lla Vega

Santiago de Compostela: Catedral (Baroque: 11th-13th)
Santo Santiago de Compostela (El Apostol)

Sevilla: Catedral (Gothico: 1402-16th)
Santa Maria de la Sede
-Tambien, tiene la tumba de Cristobal Colon

Valencia: Catedral (Gothico: 1262-18th?)
Santa Maria de Valencia

Zaragoza: Catedral (La Seo) (Romanesque: 1140-?)
Santa Maria

Le Chiese di Italia e Santi (tombe, etc.)

Assisi: Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi (1228-1253 Gotico)
-Ha la tomba di San Francesco d’Assisi
Rufino di Assisi
Basilica di Santa Chiara (1257-? 13th Romanesque)
-Ha la tomba di Santa Chiara

Bologna: Duomo (1390-1658? Gotico)
San Petronio

Firenze: Duomo- Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (1296-1470? Gotico)
Santa Maria?

Milano: Duomo (Gotico 1386-1805)
-Ha la tomba di Alberto da Intimiano (arcivescovo)
Sant’ Ambrogio
Basilica di Sant’Ambrgio (Romanesque 379-386)
-Ha la tomba di Sant’Ambrogio
Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore (dedicare a San Lorenzo 4th-16th Byzantine)
Chiesa di Santa Marie delle Grazie (dedicare a Santa Marie ?-1490)

Padova: Sant’Antonio da Padova (1238-1310 Romanesque/Gotico)
Sant’Antonio
-Ha la tomba di Sant’Antonio

Pisa: Duomo (1064-1595 Pisan Romanesque)
Dedicare a Santa Maria

Roma (Citta Vaticano): Basilica di San Pietro (4th/1506-1660+ Romano?)
-Ci sono tombe di tutti i Papi (da San Pietro a Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
San Pietro, ovviamente

Siena: Duomo (1215-1253 Romanesque Italiano)
?

Torino: Duomo-Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista (1491-1498 Romanesque?)
Dedicare a San Giovanni Battista

Venezia: Duomo-Basilica di San Marco a Venezia (832-? Byzantine)
San Marco

…an extreme flashback! This video jets me straight back to Andalucia! I’ve heard this song before but I didn’t know it had a music video. I don’t know who originally wrote this song, or from what Spanish speaking country they were from, but there’s a few give always that make this rendition very Spanish.

Well to start, if the first 15 seconds don’t give it away, then I don’t know what will. The guitar is straight flamenco, the girl at the beginning sounds very much like a Spanish flamenco singer and she dances like one too. She also looks very Spanish. Her legs, body, the way she walks…they’re all dead ringers. Paco, the singer, looks more South American than Spanish, but if you pay attention, he “lisps” his Zs. Listen closely when he sings ‘Corazon.’ What else…oh and those guys clapping as they follow behind the singer are typical flamenco clappers. Look how angled their elbows are. And of course, at the very end that little girl is dressed in a typical flashy flamenco dress. Good song though…

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