The Matrix is broken... let's take a short cut

 We are leaving Calaceite today.  We start in one of those Streetview broken matrix moments.  According to the view, we need to go round in a great circle to get to the Plaza de Espana.  In reality we just need to nip under an archway.  The map will lie.  We will do just that.  We are then going up to pay our respects to the church, this being Palm Sunday, and then heading out - on non-streetviewed ways.











The rest of the day will be spent wandering along the road west.  We have terraces of olives.  Can I recommend these to stagers of reenactment battles everywhere.  You crowd can see the whole battlefield rather than the first three people. It also gives the participants something interesting to work round. I have done this twice.  I was fitter the second time and it was at the height of a sunny July day.  Second time was easier.





So, lets part from Calaceite we will tie up some loose ends. Felipe Abas Aranda was born in the town in 1777.  At 16 he joined the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Luis de Zaragoza. The place had only been founded the year before. Four years later he won a prize.  On the back of this moved to Madrid in 1798 and studied under Goya. He worked on a painting of the Allegory of the City of Madrid and was named official painter of the Madrid City Council.  Two days later he died.  A little later King Joseph Bonaparte was required to quit his capital and his face on the Allegory was reworked.



Let's also talk about the Timiaterius.   It is a 35cm high perfume burner, made of bronze.  It was found in 1903 inside the tomb of a high-ranking figure, along with a cauldron and a breastplate in the necropolis of "Les Ferreres,"  The piece was found by a farmer and exchanged for an oil painting by Juan Cabré , a native of Calaceite , archaeologist and author of the painting.  https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Cabr%C3%A9   The piece is now on display in the Archaeological Museum in Madrid.



Let us bask in the spring heat and move on.

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