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Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026Ray Bradbury)
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Castellón de la Plana, Spain Rey Don Jaime I by José Viciano
Castellón de la Plana, Spain Rey Don Jaime I by José Viciano
Castelló de la Plana, Spain Señor leyendo a una nena by Carlos Vento
Castellón de la Plana, Spain Señor leyendo a una nena by Carlos Vento
Castellón de la Plana, Spain Arenillas by Maite Saura
Castellón de la Plana, Spain El pensador (The Thinker) by Juan Ripollés
Conil de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain José Saramago (1922-2010), was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature Statue by Augusto Arana
César Montaña Reading Bilbao, Spain Reading by Joaquín Lucarini
Córdoba, Spain Moses ben-Maimon, (Maimonides), Juderia (Barrio Judio) by Amadeo Ruiz Olmos, 1964
Córdoba, Spain Moses ben-Maimon, (Maimonides), Juderia (Barrio Judio)
Córdoba, Spain Moses ben-Maimon, (Maimonides), Juderia (Barrio Judio)
Córdoba, Spain Averrores (1126 -1198) just outside the medieval walls
Córdoba, Spain Averrores (1126 -1198) by Pablo Yusti Conejo, 1967
Córdoba, Spain Averroes was born in Cordoba in 1126
Córdoba, Spain Puerta Almodovar Statue of Seneca by Amadeo Ruiz Olmos (1913 – 1993)
Lucio Anneo Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature, was born in Cordoba
Baena, Spain Juan Alonso de Baena (1406-1454) poet
Baena, Spain Juan Alonso de Baena (1406-1454) poet
Baena, Spain Juan Alonso de Baena (1406-1454) poet
Juan Alonso de Baena (1406-1454) poet
Granada, Avenida de la Constitución Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833-1891), Spanish novelist, author of the novel El Sombrero de Tres Picos
Granada, Avenida de la Constitución Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833-1891) by Miguel Barranco
Granada, Bulevar de Granadinos Ilustres Elena Martín Vivaldi (1907-1997) by J. A. Castro Moreno
Granada, Spain Elena Martín Vivaldi (1907-1997) by J. A. Castro Moreno
Granada, Spain Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) by Juan Antonio Corredor
Granada, Spain Manuel Benitez Carrasco (1922 - 1999) by Juan Antonio Corredor
Granada, Spain Queen Isabel giving Columbus her permission to make his journey by Mariano Benlliure y Gil (1862 – 1947) was sculpted in Rome for the Fourth Centennial of the Discovery of America in 1892
Granada, Spain The official name is Plaza Isabel la Catolica, but the granadinos amusingly call it La Plaza de Colon- Columbus Square - since there´s no doubt in their minds that the real hero was the sailor and not the Queen, who merely signed the chilt entitling him to obtain the ships and supplies.
Statue of Queen Isabel with Columbus by Mariano Benlliure y Gil (1862 –1947) in Plaza de Isabel la Católica, Granada, Spain
Granada, Spain Statue of Queen Isabel with Columbus (1451-1506)
Granada, Spain Queen Isabel (1451-1504) with Columbus (1451-1506)
Granada, Spain San José de Granada Cemetery, Herrera family Panteón by José Navas-Parejo (1883 –1953)
Granada, Spain Yehuda ibn Tibbon; Jewish physician, philosopher, poet and translator, patron saint of translators, was born in Granada 1120
Granada, Spain YehudaibnTibbon (1120-1190) by Manuel Moreno
Madrid, Spain Paseo de La Castellana Monument for Isabel I
Madrid, Spain Monument for Isabel Católica by Manuel Oms y Canet, 1883
Madrid, Spain Monument for Isabel Católica with Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba “el Gran Capitán” and cardinal Mendoza
Madrid, Spain Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza (detail of Monument for Isabel Católica in Paseo de La Castellana)
Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza (detail of Monument for Isabel Católica in Paseo de La Castellana)
Madrid, Spain Monument to Alfonso XII in Buen Retiro Park (Parque del Retiro)
Madrid, Spain Sciences. Bronze allegorical sculpture by Manel Fuxà Leal (1850–1927). Detail of the Monument to Alfonso XII of Spain in the Retiro Park in Madrid, built from 1902 to 1922.
Madrid, Spain Sciences. Bronze allegorical sculpture by Manel Fuxà Leal (1850–1927).
Madrid, Spain Sciences. Bronze allegorical sculpture by Manel Fuxà Leal (1850–1927).
Madrid, Spain Detail of the Monument to Alfonso XII of Spain (1857–1885) in the Retiro Park in Madrid, built from 1902 to 1922.