Early morning escape to the old viaduct
These days my biological clock has been working almost perfectly. Every day I woke up a few minutes before my alarm clock went off. Yesterday I woke up just one minute before the time I set to start the day, and this morning, even though I set my alarm for 8 am, I woke up five minutes earlier. We were joking with my roommate that I had during this weekend that I was too early. My clock broke hahaha, but we had a good reason to get out of bed. We escaped from the hotel before breakfast to see a viaduct that we only saw from afar.
We saw it while crossing the Viaducto Nuevo de Teruel, the one you see in this photo. As its name says, it is the new viaduct; it was built in 1994. We have passed by here several times since Friday evening, but we were more impressed by the old one, which is just a pedestrian viaduct, than the new one, which can also be used by vehicles.
With the group we were staying with at the hotel, we made organized visits to other places in the town of Teruel and to be honest, the weekend was pretty intense already... we just needed to have our breakfast, get ready, and head home. However, our plan was to escape from the hotel, walk to the viaduct and be back before the others would start with the breakfast. That is how it happened; this viaduct was quite close, a ten-minute easy walk and we were back right on time.
When we turned left to get to the old viaduct we saw a monument to a Spanish civil engineer, industrialist and politician from this town - José Torán. But what I can't skip is bringing these Lady Statues with jars into my posts. 😁
It wasn't her tears that we saw on her dress; it was just the drizzle.
So, here starts the old viaduct, Viaducto de Fernando Hué. There was a painted bench which reminded me of the painted benches I saw in the city of Zaragoza.
The arrow showed us the direction - there is the viaduct, that is why you are here, just focus and skip the bench.
Sunday early morning, two degrees Celsius, drizzle and a bit of wind. A perfect combination for someone who already started having a cold. 🤒 I have a sore throat that got worse during the day and the five-hour journey back home.
The railing had interesting details in it. It is monumental in character with the crowned coats of arms of different parts of Spain and Teruel. I think that the star and the bull have a special meaning to this town.
When we crossed the viaduct, we saw another bull (must be a good sign 🤞). It is a sculpture named Monumento a la vaquilla. We can see a bull, an angel, a star... what it could mean I had no idea but there were some plaques that explained these were the signs of a traditional celebration of Teruel, that dates back to 1679. They are actually the symbols of the foundation of the city.
The plaques with the explanation...
From this spot, by the monument, we could appreciate a nice view of the old viaduct with its huge arches. It was built almost a century ago - and how pretty it is!
As this was a secret plan and escape (okay, not that secret because no one would scold us for being here) at one moment we had to go back. We walked back the same way, crossing this tall viaduct, unfortunately seeing just grey skies as a view and clouds that brought that rain later mixed with snow.
There, in the middle of the viaduct, I took a photo of my roommate and partner in this Sunday morning crime. 😆
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😄 Es que me haces reír. Ahora a tomar té con 🍯, jengibre y limón. Prepárate un jarrón de eso como el de la dama lloviznada.
Hahaha, a full jar of ginger tea with lemon and honey would definitely help 🫖🍵
Looking forward to updates from the presentation in Teruel. Get well soon and have a nice and productive week.
Good morning mipiano.
Ah, and thank you for this walk. 😊👋🏻
Good morning, the updates will be coming ;) Thank you and a good week to you too, no walks today at my part haha, just work 😂
A preparar entonces un buen té que te haga sentir mejor y que cure el alma y el cuerpo. Me gustan estas imágenes, son parte de un proceso cultural de la historia que les antecedió.
Yes, tea and a lot of fruits 🍊🍏🍌
Teruel indeed has a lot of history, and legends too. I will share those
Good evening, @mipiano. I understand about the sore throat. Rain and cold. I loved those photos of the viaduct, it's a huge structure and tastefully done (in my opinion).
I'm curious about the symbols of the city's foundation, I'll see what Google has to say.
I wish you a good start to the week and good health.
Good morning @enraizar 🌂
Back to the reality and a new week, though I wish I could stay there for a few additional days without thinking about work haha 😜
The bull and the star are apparently connected to a legend, there was a little documentary in one tower I visited and there it was mentioned but I have to check it well
Thank you and a successful week to you too 💫
Good morning @mipiano. I asked Google about the caption and it replied that you've been to a wonderful place with a great medieval history. So I'm not surprised that you would have liked to stay a few more days, of course, with a good companion.
I wish you a great week. Regards.
I love the monument to the Heifer. It causes intrigue. It has many parts that are abstract which end up turning you around and catching your attention.
It is striking and unusual. I like it. :p
Yes, it is unusual and cool. A pity it was so cloudy, with a blue sky it would look prettier
Wow, beautiful place
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Amazing place. I always loved Spain from every point of view, and far beyond its most touristic places. I would really love to visit this one.
Thank you so much for showing 😊
Wow what a great morning run, the view of the building is already amazingly beautiful ❤️
There were so many nice buildings, that town has a lot of history
Always good to get up and about and enjoy the serenity before the crowds, the viaduct is amazing what a feat of engineering, the sculptures are damn cool as well.
Hope your cold is short lived, tbh I haven't had one in years, but always found that getting out into the cold air and inhaling deeply through my mouth helped, no medical science behind it other than the voices in my head suggesting that bugs prefer a warm cosy place to live and a prolonged blast of coldness would disrupt them. It usually worked LOl, but there again, I have alien blood.
have a good week ahead
That's true, it's always good to have fresh and cold air to kill the viruses. So it means I have to go back now to Teruel and skip going to work! 😜
Thank you and a good week to you too ☺️
YEAH! lol
What a great bridge and the sculptures, especially the bull, it's beautiful. But you know I'm a fan of lampposts and those are very original, I loved them. The walk is great even if the day was grey and drizzly. Thank goodness it wasn't the woman's tears!🤗
The lampposts on the viaduct were really nice, actually like part of the construction. ;)
I always love those details!
Love to see and being with this kind of tourist attractions. Heritage(?) establishments are well preserved, so beautiful and full of history. Every statue and building is full of story and origins why is it built and what inspired it. I always remember seeing this our national heroes. Super love it especially me that loves History subject.
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You are very welcome @mipiano! it was well deserved. ☀️
Keep up the great work 💪
I don't wanna skip the beeeeeeench....! 🤣
Hahahahah, then let's not skip it. We can take a seat, despite the rain 😂
Que no somos de azúcar 😜
Beautiful photos, I love the view, how nice to be able to walk and observe the viaduct early in the morning without interuptions, this construction is a great work of architecture.
Thank you, it was cool to go there early in the morning, well the reason was that we had to be back for breakfast haha :D
Well worth the early start. Breakfast must have felt more welcome afterwards!
Oh, the breakfast felt good indeed. And the moment we entered the hotel from the street, then we felt the real difference in temperature and how cold it was outside hahaha
I bet!!
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