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Maria wrote!

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They decided to spend their honeymoon in GRANADA! AND BECAME MORE AND MORE IN LOVE!!! He ordered special flowers from PERSIA to give to her during the honeymoon

SOOOOOO SWEET OF HIM!!!!
WHAT WERE THE FLOWERS...DO YOU KNOW???
They must have been rare!! THEY CAME FROM PERSIA!!!


THAT PORTUGUESE PRINCESS WAS VERY LUCKY

Maria wrote!

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Their first child Felipe, was born in Valladolid. He was to become king Filipe the II of SPAIN And I Of PORTUGAL!

Yess!! Back then we were one country!!!
I bet most people don't know that!

Maria also wrote!

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But Isabel loved...adored her husband and wanted him...wanted to make love passionately again! She told her husband she would risk anything!!!

SHE JUST WANTED HIM!!!!

WOWWWWWW!!!!! WAS THE GIRL INSANE??? :lol!:HE MUST HAVE BEEN VERY HANDSOME!!!
It's true that love is blind!!!

Maria..what happened to beautiful Isabel??
Well..I think I have some idea....but I am not sure!
I only know that the first baby she produced became king of Spain and Portugal!!
A DREAM FOR THE SPANIARDS!!! [ forgive me , Maria! :<33: ]
the whole peninsula as a single country!!!

Maria wrote!!!

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But Isabel was very smart! SHE WAS PORTUGUESE BEA!

I know that portuguese girls are very smart, Maria, QUERIDINHA!!!YOU DON'T Have to tell me that!!!!

But the girl must have been passionately in love to risk anything!!!
RISK EVERYTHING FOR LOOOOVE!!!
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL IDEA!!!!
Maria , Queridinha,
What were the flowers thst came from Persia? I DO WANT TO KNOW


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BEA ASKED!

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Maria , Queridinha,
What were the flowers thst came from Persia? I DO WANT TO KNOW

BEA, QUERIDA MIA!!!
THOSE FLOWERS WERE CARNATIONS!!!

THEY BECAME THE MOST FAMOUS SYMBOL OF A PASSIONATE SPANISH WOMAN!

THE ALHAMBRA IN GRANADA!

ONE OF IT'S GLORIOUS PATIOS!!!!


ALHAMBRA GRANADA!!!

ALHAMBRA BY NIGHT!!!!!!

Maria wrote!

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color=red]BEA, QUERIDA MIA!!!
THOSE FLOWERS WERE CARNATIONS!!!

THEY BECAME THE MOST FAMOUS SYMBOL OF A PASSIONATE SPANISH WOMAN! [/color]

CARNATIONS!!! WOWWWW! YES...they wear them in their hair when they dance Flamenco!!!

Barbie / Tanith had one in her hair in her FREE, but she isnt spanish!
SHE WAS NOT CONVINCING!!!

THOSE PICS OF THE ALHAMBRA ARE JUST AMAZING!!!!!!

Flores persas que se convertirán en uno de los símbolos peninsulares: los claveles.

Serena wrote!

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I only know that the first baby she produced became king of Spain and Portugal!!
A DREAM FOR THE SPANIARDS!!! [ forgive me , Maria! :<33: ]
the whole peninsula as a single country!!!

I HAVE NOTHING TO FORGIVE YOU FOR SERENA!
Yes..that was true!! AlL spanish kings had that dream , but nowadays it's over!!! :<33:


Now ...about what happened to beautiful Isabel!

They had more children! Four, in all , I THINK!
I am pretty sure the Royal couple prayed every night for safe deliveries...






However,...BEAUTIFUL ISABEL DIED IN CHILDBIRTH!!! IT WAS HER DESTINY ALL ALONG!!!
SHE HAD CHOSEN TO IGNORE IT!!!! BUT HER DESTINY CAUGHT UP WITH HER IN THE END!!!
KING CHARLES SUFFERED DEEPLY!!!
THE EMPERESS WAS BURIED IN GRANADA! GRANADA , THE PLACE THAT MARKED HER LIFE , WHERE SHE BEGAN HER MEETING WITH DESTINY AS A YOUNG HAPPY BRIDE!!!

AS FOR CHARLES , HE RETIRED TO A CONVENT, left TOLEDO and wore black till he died!
HE ABDICATED IN FAVOUR OF HIS SON!!!
HIS SON WAS ONLY SIXTEEN!!!!
CHARLES NEVER MARRIED AGAIN!!!





DURING THIS PERIOD SPAIN BECAME THE RICHEST COUNTRY AND THE BIGGEST POWER IN THE WORLD!
IT WAS A GOLDEN ERA!!
SOME YEARS LATER DECLINE WOULD BEGIN!!!


MORE IN A FEW DAYS!


THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! ::
ANOTHER PIC FROM THE ALHAMBRA!!!

Woooow, Maria, amazing pics
Thanks a lot! :<33: sooo nice photos!

Tell me, maybe I'm wrong, but I find some oriental influence in the architecture of Alhambra. oriental or arab, I don't know, it's almost the same.
Whatever it is, everything is very beautiful. Great architecture!

Vania wrote:

Tell me, maybe I'm wrong, but I find some oriental influence in the architecture of Alhambra. oriental or arab, I don't know, it's almost the same.

Oh yes, it was built when the south of Spain was under arabic domination, during the fourteenth century (I learnt it during my art class ! :study: ).

Thanks Maria, your photos are great !

THANKS FOR YOUR WORDS . DEAR GIRLS!!

AS A MATTER OF FACT ALHAMBRA IS THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF ALL SPANISH MONUMENTS!!!

MARINA , YOU ARE RIGHT! GRANADA BELONGED TO THE MOORS TILL LATE 15th CENTURY...and IT ALWAYS FASCINATED OUR QUEENS AND KINGS...ESPECIALLY SINCE ISABEL AND FERNANDO WHO CONQUERED GRANADA!!!

WHEN I HAVE TIME, ...I'LL TELL YOU A LEGEND ABOUT THE TIME THE MOORS LIVED IN GRANADA!!


ALL I HAVE TOLD YOU SO FAR ARE TRUE FACTS ALTHOUGH IN THE CASE OF JUANA LA LOCA...THE HISTORIANS AND THE PEOPLE MAY HAVE EXAGGERATED A LITTLE!!!







BEAUTIFUL CARNATIONS!!! QUE TAL?????

Maria wrote!

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ALL I HAVE TOLD YOU SO FAR ARE TRUE FACTS ALTHOUGH IN THE CASE OF JUANA LA LOCA...THE HISTORIANS AND THE PEOPLE MAY HAVE EXAGGERATED A LITTLE!!!

Ok!..They may have,...but I enjoyed it!! It was very interesting!

THANK YOU ,BEA!!!

YOU ARE VERRRRY KIND!!!

Girls,
It's time to tell you a legend about the time the moors still lived in El Andalus, and the rest of the population in the other regions of what it is now Spain!




This legend has been passed on orally from generation to generation, but I am going to tel! you the main facts!




I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!!




WELL,there were some noble families whose estates almost bordered EL

ANDALUS !THESE SENORES HAD BIG ARMIES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES

AND THEIR FAMILIES!

THERE WAS ALWAYS A STATE OF WAR AT THE BORDERS, AND BOTH

SIDES COMMITED CRUEL ACTS UNFORTUNATELY!!

THERE WAS A YOUNG SENOR AND HIS FAMILY THAT WERE REGARDED

WIYH HIGH ESTEEM AN RESPECT IN THE REGION!

THE PEOPLE RAN FOR PROTECTION INSIDE HIS FORTRESS WHEN THE

MOORS ATTACKED!

THIS YOUNG SENOR AND HIS WIFE HAD A SMALL BABY BOY. HE WAS THEIR LIFE AND JOY!!!

HE HAD A YOUNG NURSE THAT HAD A SMALL SON OF THE NOBLEMAN'S

SON AGE! THE NURSE WAS A YOUNG SERF THAT THE NOBLE FAMILY HAD

SAVED AFTER HER FAMILY HAD BEEN KILLED!!!

WELL,...THE MOORS USED TO ATTACK THE ESTATES TO KIDDNAP NOBLE

CHILDREN AND THEN DEMAND A RAMSOM!!! :shock:MOST OF THE

TIMES THE CHILDREN WERE KILLED!!


ALL THE FORTRESS WAS IN PANICK , FEARING ONE OF SUCH RAIDS! :face: :face: :face:


ONE DARK NIGHT , THE WORST HAPPENED!!

THE MOORS RAIDED THE FORTRESS AND AN ENORMOUS FIGHT FOLLOWED !!!

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONFUSION SOME MOORISH WARRIORS

REACHED THE BABY'S CHAMBER AND TOOK THE CHILD!

WHEN THE FIGHT WAS OVER, THE YOUNG SENOR AND HIS WIFE RAN TO

THE BABY"S CHAMBER...FEAR IN THEIR EYES!

BUT...TO THEIR JOY...THEIR BABY WAS SLEEPING PEACEFULLY IN HIS CRADLE!!!

THE YOUNG NURSE WAS LYING IN A CORNER ...SHE HAD FAINTED!

THEN ALL PEOPLE IN THE ROOM ASKED.

" WHO WAS THE CHILD THE MOORS TOOK????"

IT WAS THE YOUNG NURSE BABY BOY!! SHE HAD SWITCHED THE BABIES

IN THE CRADLE!! SHE COULD NOT FORGET THAT THAT

FAMILY HAD SAVED HER!!SHE WAS THEIR SERF..after all!

THE YOUNG SENOR TOOK THE NURSE TO HIS TREASURE ROOM AND

TOLD HER TO CHOOSE ALL THE RICHES SHE WANTED!

THE YOUNG SERF TOOK HER TIME AND THEN, SHE CHOSE A DAGGER

COVERED WITH EXPENSIVE JEWELS!

SHE HADN'T UTTERED A SINGLE WORD!!!

SHE TOOK THE DAGGER,....LOOKED AT THE NOBLES ASSEMBLED IN THE

TREASURE ROOM FOR A LONG TIME!!

AND THEN,...SHE SAID

""" I HAVE SAVED MY YOUNG SENOR! NOW, IT'S TIME TO LEAVE TO BREAST FEED MY BABY!!!!!

AND .....SHE STUCK THE DAGGER INTO HER HEART!!!


This is just one legend, perhaps a very sad one, but I hope you liked it anyway!

THANK YOU, QUERIDINHA! :<33: BUT THE STORY IS VERY SAD!
POOR YOUNG NURSE!
EVERYTHINGIS SO SAD WHEN THERE ARE WARS!



People suffer so much. OMG!!! WAR IS SO STUPID!!!



Thanks for sharing this legend with us!

Quote MARIA!

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It's time to tell you a legend about the time the moors still lived in El Andalus, and the rest of the population in the other regions of what it is now Spain!




This legend has been passed on orally from generation to generation, but I am going to tel! you the main facts!

Thanks for sharing this story with us!!

QUOTE BEA!

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THANK YOU, QUERIDINHA! :<33: BUT THE STORY IS VERY SAD!
POOR YOUNG NURSE!

YES, It's very sad, but these kind of legends usually are!

BEA wrote!

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THANK YOU, QUERIDINHA! :<33: BUT THE STORY IS VERY SAD!
POOR YOUNG NURSE!
EVERYTHINGIS SO SAD WHEN THERE ARE WARS!



People suffer so much. OMG!!! WAR IS SO STUPID!!!

YESSSS....IT IS!!! BUT IT"S JUST A LEGEND!!! I PROMISE I"LL TELL you MORE INTERESTING EPISODES FROM NOW ON!!!

It's better not to tell about our brutal civil war then!!!

SERENA WROTE!

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YES, It's very sad, but these kind of legends usually are!

THA'T TRUE!!! I'LL try and tell you a ..." and they lived happily ever after "....story next time!

UNFORTUNATELY, TRUE FACTS AREN"T SO IN SPANISH HISTORY!!!

Maria, QUERIDINHA!!! :<33:

When you have time , tell us sime more of the rest of that period in the history of SPAIN!!!
ABOUT THE CONQUISTADORES!!!

DARK...LONG HAIRED... DONS!![ nobles..isn't it?] :scratch:WHO TOOK AMERICA BY FORCE!!! I MEAN ,SOUTH AMERICA! I have been looking up some facts too!

Make them sexy...please!!! Although we know they were mean!


LOOOOVE YOU , MARIA!!!!

QUOTE BEA!

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ABOUT THE CONQUISTADORES!!!

DARK...LONG HAIRED... DONS!![ nobles..isn't it?] :scratch:WHO TOOK AMERICA BY FORCE!!! I MEAN ,SOUTH AMERICA! I have been looking up some facts too!

Make them sexy...please!!! Although we know they were mean! :

REALLY,...BEA!!!
How can Maria make all the conquistadores sexy??? Some of them were prisioners of the Inquisiton that hadn't other choice!!
They just had to go along!!!
Ask Maria..
AM I RIGHT????/

BEA wrotE

"""""When you have time , tell us sime more of the rest of that period in the history of SPAIN!!!
ABOUT THE CONQUISTADORES!!!

DARK...LONG HAIRED... DONS!![ nobles..isn't it?] :scratch:WHO TOOK AMERICA BY FORCE!!! I MEAN ,SOUTH AMERICA! I have been looking up some facts too!

Make them sexy...please!!! Although we know they were mean! """"""""




And Serena wrote!

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REALLY,...BEA!!!
How can Maria make all the conquistadores sexy??? Some of them were prisioners of the Inquisiton that hadn't other choice!!
They just had to go along!!!
Ask Maria..
AM I RIGHT????/

Well, Bea...yess, they took south America by force! They destroyed the Incan and Mayan and Asztecan Civilizations! ,
But the LEADERS WERE TO BLAME!!
They were mean and fanatic!!And they had the Inquisition on their side..and the inquisition was very cruel!!!

The rest were all plain soldiers and prisioners of the Inquisition who were made to take part in the adventure by force!!!
Some of the monks refused to obey the orders of the In quisition, but they were severely punished! Some were burned to death!
Most of the soldires revolted against the treatment that was given to the local population, but they were also severely punished!
The whole native population of South AMERICA was wiped out!!! THEIR LEADERS HUMMILIATED And All the GOLD WAS ROBBED!!!!

SOOOO,...MY COUNTRY BECAME RICHER AND RICHER BECAUSE OF THE GOLD TAKEN FROM AMERICA!!!
IT BECAME THE RICHEST AND THE MOST IMPORTANT EMPIRE IN THE WORLD!!![ along with the Portuguese one ,that had Brazil]

KING PHILIP II, THE SON OF EMPEROR CHARLES AND ISABEL OF PORTUGAL BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH!!!

I'll tell more facts about what happened in America and at home, in Spain during this so called GOLDEN YEARS :shock:later!

But, unfortunately, most of these facts are sad ones,...but I think they are rather interesting!!
They are not ..." and they lived happily ever after stories"! SORRY!!!