old doors, windows, walls, etc.

There were quite a few old doors here, held together with an old shoe-lace and a rubber band or three.

A delightful town in La Sierra de Francia, Salamanca Province.

I particularly like the escutcheon.

Felipe V, first king of the Borbón dynasty obviously didn't feel secure so he commissioned this massive barracks to be built not far from his Madrid palace. It was constructed between 1717 and 1736, The quarters, with it's grandiose portal shown here, were designed by renowned architect Pedro de Rivera. Now a cultural and leisure centre.

Probably Madrid's oldest church and some say that it was originally a mosque, but there is little evidence of a Muslim quarter in this part of the old town. It seems that the Muslim influence was strong enough in the 13th century to dictate the architectural style especially as the top 'architects' of the day would have been Muslim!

3 photos of an older Madrid for a change. I rather like this 1724 door and surrounds.

Just got it in, in the nick of time! The original Muslim wall, Parque de Muhammad I and the Almudena cathedral, Madrid.

Old door in Chinchon, Madrid Province.

As town gates go, I think this is really cute!

A typical door in this well-preserved historic town.

I must be going mad! Not only do I take a shot of two ponies that magically appear as one, but I have done it again!! I KNEW I was witnessing a very cute kid suckling its mother. But it was finding it hard to get a purchase as the mother was positioned too close to the rocky ground and the wall. It was amusing watching it try to get into a good position (why it didn't come round this side is beyond me!). But when I came to look at the shot later... you guessed it; no sign of the kid! But I can assure you it is there, hidded behind mum and trying to balance on that raised stone.

No 5, with escutcheon. And red dot.

I find this quite a pleasing wall, in the right light.

The first in a series to come of GREAT fences! I have been bemoaning the lack of fences in my gallery because of their absence where I go walking (Central Spain and Cornwall). Then, suddenly, on my walk last weekend, I saw the light! The fences had been there all the time!! More fences in fact than I could ever have dreamed of! I just hadn't recognised them as such! But they are; and superb specimens as you will see (and here too!) :o))) I'm rather fond of this oak tree as well! Taken from the Roman Road again.

Felipe II's enormous monastery-palace; the nerve-centre of the greatest world empire seen up to that time. Best on black and full-screen.

Ermita de San Frutos, Hoces del Duraton. It was an isolted hermited but slowly became famous over tiime and became a substantial church. Photo here from distance: www.ipernity.com/doc/2247598/45475888/in/album/998284

Carn Brae Castle, Redruth, Cornwall.