Ronda Is A Marvel Of Nature and Man!
With a history dating back to pre-Roman times, Ronda has become the third most frequently visited town in Andulucia, behind only Sevilla and Granada.
It is famous worldwide for its incredible architectural bridges spanning the Tajo gorge through which flows the Guadalevin river. It is a truly spectacular sight and it is hard to find a view from the city that is not totally breathtaking.
It was a fortress city for the Iberians or Bastulo Celts before Roman times, but was mentioned by its first recorded name (Arunda) when the Romans took it over. The Romans were followed by the Moors, and the Moors by the Christians, and most recently, by the tourists.
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- "Los Pueblos Blancos" -- A Video & Music Overview
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- Travel To Ronda As A Travel Agent!
- Modern Bullfighting
- Ronda Bull Ring With Caricatures Of Bullfighting
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Andalusia
Andulucia And The Costa Del Sol
Going from West to East, in between Huelva and Almeria, there are six additional provinces: Cadiz, with Sevilla to it's North; Malaga, with Cordoba to it's North; and Granada with Jaen to it's North.
Andulucia's Mediterranean coast line is divided into four major sections. The coastline along the provinces of Huelva and Cadiz in the West is called the "Costa de la Luz". Heading East along the coast, "The Costa del Sol" touches the SE corner of Cadiz, but is primarily along the coastline of the Province of Malaga. The "Costa Tropical" borders Granada, and the "Costa Almeria", as the name suggests, borders the Province of Almeria.
The most popular province for tourists has always been the "Costa de Sol" which includes the city of Malaga (with its famous malaguena music).
It is to the northwest of Malaga that we find the city of Ronda, nestled in the mountainous ridge that parallels the coast in this part of Spain.
Pueblos de Malaga
"Malaguena Music With A Message"
Pueblos de Málaga
Dicen que el sol es malagueño. Que es de Ronda y Alameda. Dicen que el sol es malagueño. De Teba, Guaro y Arenas. De Sedella y Alfarnatejo. De Manilva, Coín y Antequera. Quien dice Málaga, dice Arriate y Archidona, Benaoján y Alozáina, Montejaque y Estepona. Faraján y Humilladero Mollina y Sayalonga dice Tolox y Salares Álora y Benamargosa el Burgo, el Borge y Casares. Málaga, Costa del Sol del Rincón de la Victoria de Nerja y Torremolinos en Marbella y Fuengirola las olas mueren contigo. Benalmadena bonita no mires al altozano que el sol se muere de sueño en Carratraca temprano volverá a ser malagueño. Quien sueña Málaga, sueña con Villanueva de Tapia del Trabuco Villanueva y Villanueva del Algaidas Villanueva del Rosario Río Gordo y Villanueva de la Concepción y Ardales con Mijas y Sierra de Yeguas Monda, Torrox y Atajate Málaga, Sueño de Dios eres Cuevas de San Marcos Archez y Cuevas del Becerro Macharaviaya y Campillos Cuevas Bajas y Moclinejo. Vélez Málaga bonita no mires al altozano que el sol se muere de sueño pero en Cañete temprano volverá a ser malagueño. Junto a Alhaurín de la Torre reluce Alhaurín el Grande Juzcar cerca de Alpandeire juntito a Cútar, Comares junto a Jimera de Libar y Cortes de la Frontera Parauta con Cartajima Benadalid y Pujerra Jubrique y Benalauria. En Málaga hay que morir De Iznate a Fuente de Piedra de Colmenar a Benahavis de Frigiliana a Igualeja de Peñarrubia a Gaucín. Casarabonela mía no mires al altozano que el sol se muere de sueño pero en Totalán temprano volvera a ser malagueño. Quien dice Málaga dice Ojén, Pizarra y Periana Canillas de Aceituno y dice Canillas de Albaida. Istán y Casabermeja Cártama y Benamocarra Genalguacil y Viñuela Málaga, quien dice málaga dice Cómpeta y Yunquera. y de Alfarnate a Alcaucín le gusta al sol pasearse de Algarrobo a Algatocín y de Almogía a Almargen al Valle de Abdalajís. Ay Benarraba bonita no mires al altozano que el sol se muere de sueño pero en Almachar temprano volvera a ser malagueño.
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View Of The "Pueblo Blanco" Ronda
Los Pueblos Blancos
(The White Towns)
Unique to the Andalusian area of Spain, "Los Pueblos Blancos" are scattered throughout the region. The whitewashed houses, oftentimes near to a ruined castle, sit on hilltops like silent sentinels, reflecting the bright Andalusian sun like a mirror. The whole town, when seen from afar, is striking in its beauty. And up close, just as beautiful.Although there are "white towns" which I feel are more striking, Ronda is the most famous of these. With Ronda only about a 45 minute drive from Malaga, it is within easy reach of the thousands of tourists who pass through this region on a regular basis.
If you wish a very special tour, plan your trip so that as you visit the most common tourist destinations, like Sevilla and Granada, you route your journey through a series of "Los Pueblos Blancos". You'll be glad you did.
Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, and they have definitely made the best of their geography in their white towns.
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"Los Pueblos Blancos" -- A Video & Music Overview
LOS PUEBLOS BLANCOS
Diaporama presentado en la V Muestra de Diaporamas breves (Zaragoza, España, 2007) Autor: José Luis Corral
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Ronda Through The Camera's Eyes.
"Seeing Is Believing!"
All of the photos in this set were taken by the author of this Lens.
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Modern Bullfighting
Ronda Is The Birthplace
Ronda is now famous as the birthplace of modern bullfighting. But today, only once a year in September, at the spectacular Feria Goyesca, will you see a bullfight in Ronda.For the rest of the year, the Plaza De Toros (Bull Ring) is primarily a museum of bullfighting, where visitors can stroll out into the arena and imagine that they are standing firm as a raging bull rushes toward them.
In the outer ring of the Plaza de Toros, there is now a museum which depicts the history of modern bullfighting. It has the story of its many famous matadores, some of their actual clothing worn in the ring, records of bullfights by date, and many more interesting bits of information for the bullfight aficionados.
It was here that The bullfighter from Ronda, Pedro Romero, left the old style horseback bullfighting and introduced the modern form where the matadores stood their ground on foot. Thus, Ronda made history as the birthplace of modern bullfighting.
Ronda Bull Ring With Caricatures Of Bullfighting
Ronda, sang et lumière
Petite visite de Ronda, jolie ville andalouse et berceau de la tauromachie moderne. Corrida imaginaire dans laquelle aucun taureau n'est blessé. Aficionados, anticorrida vous dites tous aimer ce beau fauve qu'est le taureau de combat...mettez-vous d'accord pour assurer sa survie. Ce bel animal à traversé les siècles par l'amour de l'homme aussi discutable qu'il puisse être. Qu'il ne disparaisse pas par sa bêtise. Merci à El Kado pour l'autorisation d'utilser une de ses compositions pour illustrer les photos de Ronda www.elkado.com. Pasaodobles, musique achetée et utilisée aux conditions de www.discosfuentes.com.
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Ronda Information Sources
"When You Want To Know More"
- History of Ronda
- For anything dealing with Andulucia, this is probably the most comprehensive place on the internet to start. It is an official site that covers everything about Andulucia from Arts to Travel and Tourism. This link goes directly to the Ronda history section. This essay gives an extremely detailed synopsis of Ronda's history. .
Ronda - Views Of Pueblo With French Narration & Great Music
"Ronda is an absolutely extraordinary site, in the heart of the Serrania de Ronda mountain range. The New Bridge (Puente Nuevo) is one of the major attractions of the town with its impressionable precipice that separates the old town from the most recent part. It is 98 meters high, constructed of stone and copmposed of three arches."
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Ronda est un site absolument extraordinaire, au coeur des montagnes de la Serranía de Ronda. Le pont neuf (Puente Nuevo) est une des attractions de la ville, avec son précipice impressionnant qui sépare la vieille ville de la partie plus récente. Œuvre de 98 mètres de hauteur, construite en pierres et composée de trois arches.
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Steve-SEO-UK
Have been to Ronda on a number of occasions. The viaduct is awesome. The bullring is truely historical with a very interesting museum. Posted September 24, 2008 |
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Great Lens 5* and a favourite and welcome to Travelmania group. Posted June 21, 2008 |
Ronda, Spain in Wikipedia
For the municipality in the Philippines, see Ronda, Cebu, and the former settlement in California, United States, see Ronda, California.
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Ronda is a city in the Spanish province of Andalusia. It is located about 100 km from the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is 35,512. It is also accessible by rail from Algeciras and from Córdoba.
Ronda is situated in a very mountainous area about 750 m above mean sea level. The Rio Guadalevín runs through the city, dividing it in two and carving out the steep El Tajo canyon upon which the city is perched. Ronda was first settled by the early Celts, but its Roman and then Moorish rulers are reflected most prominently in
its architecture. The forces of Catholic Spain took control of the town in 1485.
Three bridges, Puente Romano ("Roman Bridge", also known as the Puente San Miguel), Puente Viejo ("Old Bridge", also known as the Puente Arabe or "Arab Bridge") and Puente Nuevo ("New Bridge"), span the canyon. The term "nuevo" is a bit of a misnomer, since this bridge was completed in 1793. The Puente Nuevo is the tallest of the bridges, towering 120 metres above the canyon floor, and all three serve as some of the city's most impressive features.
Another important site in Ronda is the Plaza de toros de Ronda, the oldest bullfighting ring in Spain that is still used, albeit infrequently. It was built in 1784 in the Neoclassical style by the architect José Martin de Aldehuela, who also designed Puente Nuevo.
The partially intact baños árabes ("Arab baths") are found below the city and date back to the 13th and 14th centuries. Both the Sufi scholar Salih ben Sharif al-Rundi (1204-1285) and the poet Ibn Abbad al-Rundi (1333-1390) were born in Ronda.
Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles resided in Ronda for many years, and both wrote about its beauty, contributing to its popularity.
Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls describes the murder of Nationalist sympathizers early in the Spanish Civil War by being thrown from cliffs in a Castilian village, allegedly based on the killings that took place on Ronda's cliffs of El Tajo by the Republican forces.
The name of the eponymous Jewish hero of George Eliot's well-known novel Daniel Deronda seems to indicate that his ancestors lived in Ronda prior to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
The Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo) is endemic to the mountains surrounding Ronda.
