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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...

Local Painter Manuel Moral Mozas - Olive Groves in Jaen

I had to do a double take when I just came across this painting by Manuel Moral Mozas- it could be my house. I'd not heard of him before but apparently he has lots of works, even a gallery named after him in the Naif Art Museum.

Read more about him and the museum Manuel Moral Room  in the Museo Internacional de Arte Naïf in Jaen city which also houses the Arab Baths. I shall be paying another visit there when I can walk the streets again.








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