Carpe Diem
![[ENG-SPN] The Frontier of Silence: A Journey to Medieval Yanguas / La Frontera del Silencio: Un Viaje a la Yanguas Medieval](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/EpGQfjNeZeq2uumZbprXbGCPXZsTm6DxcTtMG9LB8ytxmyCFda2M2CCTdkdFvW1SCLF.JPG)
As that voice of experience, personified in the humble figure of a master of life and the road, as Hermann Hesse undoubtedly was, affirmed, thorny paths are…
![[ENG-SPN] Magdalena: The Humble Light of Rural Romanesque Art / Magdalena: La Luz Humilde del Románico Rural](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/Eq5DUCz7U6VQju2K1xATnEB68444KUTgWw63LbcUA9PPEeGA9zGDgvHCVQ2HM8vQxn4.JPG)
Approximately halfway between the towns of Oncala and Castilfrío, a solitary hermitage, seemingly Romanesque but with some later modifications, powerfully…
![[ENG-SPN] The Hidden Value of Silent Villages / El valor oculto de los pueblos silenciosos](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/EqDj64VPN4YDjgoQYrQpSttd1D1PbYdGSEgz4wtdTLifKNRPBcqsqacz1mmgirggjdy.JPG)
There is no doubt that time, the inexorable long-distance runner, does not pass in vain, and like the tortoise in Aesop's famous fable, it always ends up…
![[ENG-SPN] Oncala: Home of the Black Virgin of the Highlands / Oncala: morada de la Virgen Negra de las Tierras Altas](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/EpnBnMP67StUw7WdmJccgAk2W8TyncyXNaHbPFotzYUfEKJNdyiacbFnYe3eC6EL7mz.JPG)
One of the most important places in the Soria Highlands, perhaps not as significant as our final destination, San Pedro Manrique, lies at the foot of an…
![[ENG-SPN] The Dolmen: Sacred Origin of Exchange / El dolmen: origen sagrado del intercambio](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/Eo6MMZry33sNFKBrTYzgYTyAU7FMyaGPJoUWVU94ntC6rD9jEdnQbTb4FHpfomFfogL.JPG)
We leave Carrascosa, its picturesque mountain scenery, and the warmth of its people, and before continuing our journey into the mysterious paths of the…
![[ENG-SPN] When an Idea Triumphs Over Oblivion: Valdelavilla / Cuando una idea vence al olvido: Valdelavilla](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/EqFr1xd798ZuxoBL1eh25FjyBiougmVxTwq9TGa2ayhbNHSm1oxqj5aC45MtsPJHHp3.JPG)
As that ineffable master, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, Hermann Hesse, said, I too am prepared to die and be reborn. This, and no other, is the happy…
![[ENG-SPN] Valtajeros: A Stone Dream on the Edge of Winter / Valtajeros: Un Sueño de Piedra en la Frontera del Invierno](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/EpXKR1eWczDLJxyc7DhAL1KLZmSbPU5j3maQKpjXBZiVARkLbNcAGXdjTrJingEuJDw.JPG)
This time, our destination lies a few kilometers from the abandoned village of Torretarrancho, where we once again encounter that frenzy, that dream, that…
![[ENG-SPN] The Smile That Rewrote Faith: From Romanesque to Gothic / La sonrisa que reescribió la fe: del Románico al Gótico](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/EoAc8shcP2KXku7ZggTUumBqVCD7fWjX5zSnwdjpgCmXQPt1pVzSFTbn4dJYkXZw6cf.JPG)
Unlike Romanesque sculpture, eternally austere and melancholic, Gothic sculpture was characterized by a singularity, also employed by the brilliant Leonardo…
![[ENG-SPN] Where Oblivion Leaves Ruins / Donde el Olvido Hace Ruinas](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/EpJXaq1vjLnxMwxUMs25z6dait4B3YX7d3T1tN8vTJCxbyvRuNHGeviMW7kAqvsgfgk.JPG)
There's an old song whose nostalgic lyrics speak a profound truth: something dies in the soul when a friend leaves. It's a truth that we've all likely…
![[ENG-SPN] Cerbón: Stone, Silence, and an Unusual Romanesque Style / Cerbón: Piedra, Silencio y un Románico Inusual](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/juancar347/EoAajAfZNyDi62ZseKZqUsb7EHssjsgQRLWLZVWQmF7UruaVDX22sWNesKC1hE5rQ5y.jpg)
A short distance from Fuentes de Magaña and its lingering echoes of those imposing inhabitants of the Cretaceous period, a world lost millions of years…