May 1 and 2 (photo courtesy of Holly)
At the Basilica de San Isidro (Patron Saint of Madrid)- he wrote an encyclopedia before the age of the moors. Many years later, they dug up his bones and brought them here to León. The romans wanted to claim this area because the mountain had lots of silver. So we see a lot of Roman influence in the buildings and art. A basilica = a church in shape of cross. A cathedral = a basilica that has a Bishop's chair. We weren't allowed to take pictures, but the library in the museum of the basilica has beautiful, old books! They even have some that are so old (from the first 50 years of print) that don't have a 'published-in-this-city-by-this-person' stamp! I was in awe.
La Catedral de León: with the exception of San Chapelle in Paris (which you will see later), the León cathedral has the most stained glass for how big it is. Last time I was in Spain, the cathedral was undergoing lots of construction so we couldn't go inside. Now, there's still some scaffolding on the outside, but we got to go in!
And with the help of Rick Steve's self-guided tour, I learned that the flying buttresses helped support the weight of the wall so they could make a larger hole and therefore a larger window.
Cool feature: the outside lights go off at midnight and the stained glass is lit from the inside. It was a little underwhelming, but novel nonetheless.
I saw a sign that was kind of like a real-life Google maps, telling me how long it would take to walk to different points of interest.
I really want a sundial in my future garden, like this one from the museum attached to the León Cathedral.
At the Basilica de San Isidro (Patron Saint of Madrid)- he wrote an encyclopedia before the age of the moors. Many years later, they dug up his bones and brought them here to León. The romans wanted to claim this area because the mountain had lots of silver. So we see a lot of Roman influence in the buildings and art. A basilica = a church in shape of cross. A cathedral = a basilica that has a Bishop's chair. We weren't allowed to take pictures, but the library in the museum of the basilica has beautiful, old books! They even have some that are so old (from the first 50 years of print) that don't have a 'published-in-this-city-by-this-person' stamp! I was in awe.
La Catedral de León: with the exception of San Chapelle in Paris (which you will see later), the León cathedral has the most stained glass for how big it is. Last time I was in Spain, the cathedral was undergoing lots of construction so we couldn't go inside. Now, there's still some scaffolding on the outside, but we got to go in!
And with the help of Rick Steve's self-guided tour, I learned that the flying buttresses helped support the weight of the wall so they could make a larger hole and therefore a larger window.
Cool feature: the outside lights go off at midnight and the stained glass is lit from the inside. It was a little underwhelming, but novel nonetheless.
I saw a sign that was kind of like a real-life Google maps, telling me how long it would take to walk to different points of interest.
I really want a sundial in my future garden, like this one from the museum attached to the León Cathedral.
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