Thursday, September 14, 2017

Murals In Spain: Estepona and the routes of murals and international poetry, some Spanish

Problem
Where are the murals in Spain?

Answers
Estepona on the south coast towards Gibraltar has some great murals. Brightens up dull walls. Lots of human interest. A large face of a boy. A girl on a swing.
Ruta de los murales - route of the murals

Route of Poetry
Estepona also has a route of poetry. You can read English authors such as Shakespeare, who was a poet, writing sonnets as well as plays, and German Rilke, Arabic and more. As a plus, the poems are in the original languages as well as the translated into Spanish. Keep you mobile phone geared up to translate with Google translate or another ap. A little tour around the world and the world's poets and the world's languages.
La Peseta sculpture in Estepona, Spain.

Also see the street art sculpture La Peseta, showing an old coin, the asymmetrical bullring with a bullfighting museum, and the Botanical garden with fountains, a clock tower and more museums. Nearest big city Malaga, Nearest airport, Gibraltar. More details in Wikitravel.

Spanish - English
calle - street
de - of
las - the, singular
los - the, plural, as in Los Angeles meaning the angels
flores - flowers
murales - murals
plaza - square or place
poesia - poetry
ruta - route

English - Spanish
of - de
flowers - fores
murals - murales
poetry - poesia
route - ruta
square or place - plaza
street - calle
the - los

Websites
https://www.spain-holiday.com/Estepona/articles/the-estepona-murals-ruta-de-murales-artisticos
https://www.spain-holiday.com/Estepona/articles/poetry-along-esteponas-ruta-de-la-poesia

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Teacher of English and foreign languages. See my previous posts on murals and learning Spanish. You can learn Spanish for free online using duolingo. They also have tiny cards on which you can record words or fact you wish to remember and flip them by clicking on them to see the translation or question and answer. Please share links to your favourite posts.

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