Photos by Arm74: on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

La Rioja, Winery, Álava, Bodegas, Labastida, <50, Calados Viewed 54 times	La Rioja, Winery, Álava, Bodegas, Labastida, <50, Calados Viewed 32 times	La Rioja, Winery, Álava, Bodegas, Labastida, <50, Calados Viewed 28 times	La Rioja, Winery, Álava, Bodegas, Labastida, <50, Calados Viewed 26 times
La Rioja, Winery, Álava, Bodegas, Labastida, <50, Calados Viewed 25 times	La Rioja, Winery, Bodegas, Fuenmayor, <50, Calados Viewed 47 times	La Rioja, Winery, Bodegas, Fuenmayor, <50, Calados Viewed 42 times	La Rioja, Winery, Bodegas, Fuenmayor, <50, Calados Viewed 27 times
Flores, Favoritas, <50 Viewed 35 times	London, Londres, Norman Foster, <50, Swiss Re Viewed 22 times	London, Londres, London Eye, Favoritas, <50 Viewed 41 times	London, Londres, London Eye, <50 Viewed 24 times
London, Londres, London Eye, <50 Viewed 27 times	London, Londres, Big Ben, <50 Viewed 19 times	Flores, Cantabria, Villacarriedo, <50 Viewed 32 times	Flores, Cantabria, Villacarriedo, <50 Viewed 34 times

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tiopepe8 said:

Gracias por la visita Rafael Saludes Rams, un saludo

Concurso de agosto

Sylvie Domange said:

Très réussi! Greetings! one of the best!

Poslovni-svet said:

A legend of the castle: Erazem Lueger, who in the 15th century defied the imperial army in his rocky fortress, passed into legend shortly after his tragic death. The episode has frequently been used in literature and depicted in paintings.

The historical background to the story shows that the knight had incurred the wrath of the imperial court for two reasons: the murder of a kinsman of the emperor and his dealings with the emperor’s Hungarian enemies. When he succeeded in fleeing to Carniola, he committed a number of brigandish attacks. As a result of all this, the governor of Trieste, Casper Ravbar, set out to hunt him down. To try and force Erazem to surrender, Ravbar laid siege to the castle for several months (the winter and spring of 1484), during which time he received a number of gifts from Erazem: meat, fish, and even cherries, with which the inhabitants of the castle were supplied by means of a secret passage. It was only after bribing a messenger that he was at last able to seal the fate of the rebellious knight with a well-aimed cannonball.That the legend is still alive and just as interesting today as it was in the past is demonstrated by the great popularity of the annual medieval tournament which bear’s Erazem’s name.