Buitrago de Lozoya

About an hour’s drive north from Madrid is the lovely old village of Buitrago de Lozoya, protected by a wall first constructed during the 9th to 11th centuries. Beneath the wall flows the river Lozoya, and there still stands the remains of a castle, supposedly once inhabited by Juana “La Beltraneja” (I’ve been watching the Spanish TV series “Isabel”)
In September every year they hold a big “medieval festival” that sounds like a fun day out.

When I was there I saw a construction crane that doesn’t seem to have moved in quite a while, because storks have colonised it, building their nests amongst the metal frame, as is their custom with anything high up. Stork nests are a common sight throughout rural Spain on the towers of churches and abandoned buildings

.

Unexpectedly, the little village also has a Picasso museum, free to enter, featuring a collection of his works that he gave to a friend of his who was from Buitrago, and who in turn donated the pictures to the village on his death.

Little girl to her parents, whilst walking on the wall…

Previous
Previous

Tunos

Next
Next

Street Life #3