Itinerary around Priego de Córdoba
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.52 mi
- Elevation gain
- 66 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 115 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,218 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 2,096 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- one hour 6 minutes
- Coordinates
- 226
- Uploaded
- April 21, 2017
- Recorded
- April 2017
near Priego de Córdoba, Andalucía (España)
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Itinerary description
In every point we propose an idea to link each place with the contents.
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2,142 ft
Town hall
It is a perfect place to explain what public services are: who provide them and how we use them. Related to: Civic values, Sociology and Economy.
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2,170 ft
Municipal Museum of History
Here we learn about History of Priego, from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. Also there is an area specifically dedicated to Museum of Contemporary Art Lozano Sidro. Here you are the website: http://www.priegodecordoba.es/ayuntamiento/delegaciones_municipales/cultura_y_educacion/museos/museo_historico_municipal Related to: History, Anthropology, Sociology and Art.
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2,198 ft
Fuente de la Salud
Here you are in a natural water birth from XVI century, Mannierist style, which provide water to whole Priego. It has been declared a national monument for its history and for its composition with different religious and mythological elements. We can learn about the local geography too. Related to: Geography and Art.
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2,161 ft
Fuente del Rey
The Fuente del Rey is a baroque fountain with 139 water spouts and was built in 1803. The Fuente de la Salud and the Fuente del Rey form an area which has been declared a national monument. In this point of interest we can explain what a national monument is and why it is, what baroque is and, especially his legend, hence the name Fuente del Rey. Related to: History, Sociology and Art.
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2,156 ft
House-Museum Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
It is an awesome place to explain democracy and different political systems, because this is the house where the president of the Second Spanish Republic was born. Here you are the website: http://turismodepriego.com/es/index.php/que-visitar/49-museos/91-casa-de-don-niceto-alcala-zamora-y-torres Related to: History and Sociology.
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2,145 ft
Castle of Priego de Córdoba
The Castle of Priego with its Arabic origin is an interesting point to learn about old history from XIII and XIV centuries. Nowadays, it is being restored, which it is useful to related with public services explained before at the Town Hall. Related to: History and Civic values.
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2,139 ft
Paseo de Colombia
Here you are the main public space of Priego. There is useful information about how it was promoted by private fundraising which made it possible, to explain that it is possible to build public places with private found. Related to: Civic values and Environment.
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2,141 ft
Balcón del Adarve
Adarve is an old defensive walk from Arab times. It is a fantastic place to explain how defended different civilisations were. Related to: History, Sociology and Geography.
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2,113 ft
Barrio De la Villa or Old Quarter
It is a perfect point to immerse directly to mediaeval and Moorish times. Also, we can see the most typically Andalusian building. In which we can explain how to build fresh houses in a very hot place through ecological and easy way, like the Albaicín in Granada or the Judería of Córdoba. Related to: History, Geography and Environment.
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2,101 ft
Torre Atalaya
This watchtower is an example of many of them which were built by the Arabs to communicate with each other in a fast way. We can use this information to link it with ICT. Related to: History, Geography, Sociology and ICT.
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