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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

Flamenco Paintings

I´ve loved Flamenco as long as I can remember, I had a large collection of Spanish dolls that my grandma brought me back from her holidays. So the music of a Spanish guitar always conjures up the vigour of the many forms of Flamenco.

These paintings by Margaret Merry excite me and wonderfully depict the emotion of the dancers.














Margaret lives in and paints in Spain, her work can be found on her Flamenco Paintings blog both original paintings and prints are for sale.

My son, at trained luthier has a hand-made Spanish Flamenca blanca guitar sale not unlike the ones in the paintings.

I really can´t decide which of these paintings is my favourite each one has wonderful detail. The bright red and blue ones are vivid and eye-catching but the other two make me look at their pose and expression more. Which is your favourite?

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