When I was a teenager, I was full of yearning for Madrid. The city where baroque architecture and football interweave is also my favorite place where Sanmao and Jose meet. Since then, Madrid has branded passion and romance in my heart.
As the capital and one of the representative cities of Spain, Madrid has carried too many years. This time, I'm going to see the cities where she once lived and loved: Madrid, Madrid, to find Sanmao's footprints.
The San Miguel Market in San Miguel-San Miguel Church-is located in the San Miguel Park in Leech Park.
This kind of steel and glass building structure is really striking.
This modern-looking building is actually the San Miguel market, which is the most famous and popular market in Madrid with a history of more than 65,438+000 years.
When I walked into the San Miguel market, I was immediately shocked by the elegant environment here. The tall space design, transparent glass curtain wall, clean and tidy shelves, and all kinds of colorful snacks are dazzling.
Surprised, I even have some envy. Although the market tends to be positioned as a food stall, it is not housewives who carry food baskets, but people who stand casually, drink red wine with glasses, eat snacks and chat. What a pleasant scene.
The market is rich and colorful, and every corner attracts people's attention. There is no doubt that they use all kinds of decorations to win their attention. Although it was grandiose, it was a great experience.
Attractive juice drinks, red, orange, yellow and green, colorful and beautiful, are not like drinks, but like displayed handicrafts.
This kind of olive string is filled with various fillings, which looks small and exquisite and mouth-watering.
Everything here is extremely exquisite, not piled up into mountains, but placed neatly and orderly, and all of them are clearly marked, so that people can buy clearly and eat with confidence.
Besides fruits and vegetables, extra-large paella, freshly cut ham, fresh oysters, extra-large octopus, delicious caviar and olive skewers with various fillings can be bought here. However, it is said that the price is slightly more expensive than other places, because it has now become a tourist attraction.
After a cursory visit to the market, I feel that I am still unfinished. After all, many things can't be seen or photographed by the eyes. Just one market can surprise people, and the charm of Spain goes far beyond that.
There is also a cathedral with the same name near the San Miguel market. San Miguel Cathedral was built in 1745. It is a Roman Catholic church with baroque style and beautiful lines in the18th century, and it is the representative residence of the Spanish Holy See. The most famous are the stone carvings inside and outside the church.
At the door of the church stands a bronze sculpture of a young man with an open book in his hand and one leg standing on the steps. I don't know what the relationship is.
I met countless churches along the way, but only a few have visited them. Passing the convent Convento de las Jeronimas del Corpus Christi in geronimo, I saw a group of people around the door. Out of curiosity, we also went in.
The historic geronimo Monastery is particularly beautiful, but not many people visit it. Walking into the monastery is like coming to another world, which is surprisingly quiet.
It is said that there are many priceless works of art in the monastery.
Iglesia de San Pedro El Viejo was built in 1847 during the Spanish rule, and it is an early church used for worship in this city. The bell tower of the church is Mohad-style, which makes people see at a glance that it must be a Moorish mosque and was later converted into a church.
The colorful Madrid is gradually formed through thousands of years of cultural inheritance and replacement. Many streets and square buildings in Madrid actually contain little secrets that are unknown to people.
Iglesia de San Andres is one of the most exquisite churches in Madrid, with Renaissance style and Gothic vault. It is magnificent in the surrounding modern buildings. This is the resting place of Madrid's guardian San Isidro.
There is a special place in Madrid Street that appeals to me. This is a street sign full of cultural color and artistic appeal, including celebrities, landscapes and various artistic symbols.
I think Madrid is like Picasso's abstract painting, colorful and eye-catching. Walking in the street, from time to time, there will be a whole wall of color spray painting, appearing on the street corner, so that a colorful Madrid is presented to the world.
Driving through a Roman Arc de Triomphe, the navigation shows that Puerta de Alcalá is Alcala Gate. As one of the few existing ancient city gates in Madrid, Alcala Gate was built in the18th century, made of white granite, with five openings, three domed arches in the middle, and a stone lion head on each door; There is also a small top door on both sides, engraved with overlapping bouquets; At the top of the door, there are six soldiers with helmets and flags.
Not far from Alcala Gate, we found a parking space, crossed the road and entered Parque del Retiro in Lichi Park from this Felipe IV Gate. Lichi Park is the central park in Madrid and the largest green lung in the city.
Litchi Park is a royal garden ordered by Philip IV in the 7th century. It used to be a quiet and secluded palace of Spanish kings, but it was later changed into a park. 1868 is open to the public.
Lichi Park is also the place where the love story between San Mao and Jose begins and where San Mao loves to go.
The Crystal Palace with an artificial lake is undoubtedly the most beautiful scenery in Lichi Park.
This glass palace in Lichi Park, full of love, is a famous palace-style building in Spain. It is mainly made of iron and glass, transparent as a dream.
You know, this transparent palace is not a modern building. Built in 1887. The designer was inspired by the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. This is a very fashionable palace.
This building combines metal and glass elements and is a huge greenhouse. At that time, it was mainly to show animals and plants from the Philippines.
From a distance, it looks like a huge birdcage, exquisite and noble, and the main structure is decorated with Spanish-style colored tiles. In Spain, beautiful and infectious colored tiles and mosaics are widely used in building exterior walls.
Walking into the Crystal Palace and standing in the center, I let the sun shine on every corner of the palace through the unobstructed glass walls on all sides, and let the warmth embrace me. ......................................................................................................................................
This combination of metal and glass elements makes the whole Crystal Palace as mysterious as a fairy tale and makes people yearn for it.
The Crystal Palace is so beautiful that the nearby Palacio de velázquez Palace is eclipsed.
Not far from the Crystal Palace, this tawny building is velazquez Palace. These two buildings are the works of the same architect. His name is Ricardo Velazquez Bosco, but please be careful not to be confused with the famous painter of the same name. They are two people who are not related by blood.
Velazquez Palace is a distinctive palace, built in 1883, and used for national exhibitions of minerals, metallurgy, art, ceramics, glassware and mineral water.
The flying lions with wings on both sides of the gate are very similar to the flying lions guarding the sacred Kyle in Venice. Now, it is lying in front of velazquez Palace, with its mouth open, as if shouting something.
Velazquez Palace has a strong sense of decorative arts. The exquisite tile puzzles and the surrounding celadon tiles exude charming artistic atmosphere.
Not far from the two palaces, there is a pool of Lishui in Sanmaokou. From a distance, the lake is rippling with blue waves, and cruise ships are swinging leisurely in the upper reaches of the lake ... Lichi Park is also named after this piece of Lishui in the garden.
There are a large number of monuments by the lake, such as the solemn King Alfonso XII Monument and the Alfonso XII Monument.
The monument group was built in 1922, with a height of about 32 meters. At the top, it is a bronze statue of Alfonso XII riding a horse and raising his hoof. There is a semicircular colonnade under the monument.
King Alfonso XII is a respected monarch in Spanish history. His most important contribution is the adoption of 1876 Constitution, which clarifies the political party system of Spain's two-party system. It is said that this monument was built in 1922 at the request of Alfonso XII's mother, and its scale and artistic level are first-class.
From this point of view, there is a sculpture of an angel saint on both sides of the white rectangular stone base; The stone foundation is inlaid with the bronze symbol of "King Alfonso XII".
Under the short column at the top of the semi-circular colonnade, there are comic relief, which respectively show the great achievements made by the king in industry, agriculture, art, science, army and navy. Below stands two rows of dazzling white circular stone pillars.
On the almost horizontal platform in front of the statue of the king, four majestic bronze lions guard this water surface; Under the bronze lion, there are bronze sculptures of mermaids and dolphins fighting with each other.
Looking at the couple on the lake, I don't know why, but I always feel that there will be San Mao and Jose. After all, Jose, the seed of love, attacked Sanmao here.
There are many sculptures and fountains in Lichi Park, but each fountain is different in shape and spraying method, especially when the water is sprayed and meets the sunshine, a gorgeous rainbow will quietly appear.
One of the highlights is the fallen angels statue El? Angel Kaido is one of the few devil statues in the world. I have seen countless beautiful statues of angels, saints and celebrities. I have never seen this statue of the devil. I wonder what the devil looks like.
The statue of fallen angels shows the image of Lucifer who was driven out of heaven. For those who believe in evil, heaven is the entrance to hell.
We stopped and looked at the trees, which was very pleasant. Inadvertently, we found that the roads and squares in the park were all named after Spanish-speaking countries, such as Bolivia Avenue, Venezuela Avenue, Nicaragua Square and Panama Square.
All of a sudden, we saw a group of trees that were trimmed with great personality by the roadside. Watching, I have to respect the Spanish gardener.
Similar to Tuanjiehu Park or Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, Lichi Park is a good place for local people to relax. Different from China, there is no noisy square dance here, and some local people exercise here in groups of three or five.
When I went out, I saw this curved mosaic bench, which immediately reminded me of Spain Square in Seville. This kind of bench made of ceramic tiles is colorful and artistic, and can be seen everywhere in major cities in Spain. It can even be called the standard of squares.
There is even a public library in Lichi Park, which is really unexpected. The meaning of the Ritz Park is really rich.
Madrid is an ancient city full of literary flavor, where you can travel through time and space and feel the rise and fall of a dynasty. Although this land has become extremely modern and civilized, it still radiates charming light with its perfect integration with history.
Madrid, unbelievable! Different from the classicality and rigor of oriental culture; Different from the atmosphere and romance of European culture; Different from the freedom and openness of American culture. ...
Madrid, unbelievable! Its mystery is not that mysterious mystery, but that it is so open-minded but inaccessible; I want to love you, I want to know you, but I always feel that Qian Shan is separated from Qian Shan by thousands of waters. ...
Perhaps this is Madrid, with its glorious history, gorgeous art and unrestrained enthusiasm. Only by personal experience can we get a glimpse of it.
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