Every Saturday in August the Patronato de Tourismo de Loja organises a guided walk around Loja. The walks are conducted at 9am or 9pm to avoid the midday heat and each one has a different theme. Yesterday evening’s walk was the Route of the Personalities and led by the Mayor, Miguel Castellano. The group met at the Mirador Sylvania which affords the best panorama of the city, immortalized in the Marx brothers’ film “Duck Soup.”
The walk took us through the oldest and most interesting part of the town in which statues of some of Loja’s most important historical figures are situated. Our guide talked at length about the famous priest, Jiménez Campaña, member of the Spanish Arts Academy ( 19th century) and Narváez, known as the“Great Sword of Loja”, whose impressive bronze statue dominates the plaza.
We continued the walk through a horseshoe arch, once the passage to the fortressed quarter in Islamic times, and up to the Alcazabar where, across from the floodlight spire of the Great Church of the Encarnation, our guide the Mayor, recounted the history and legends of the castle.
Photos of Mirador Sylvania and the Mayor conducting the group.
Next Saturday there will be a morning walk entitled The Environment of Loja. For more information contact :
Juan Antonio Peregrina Coca
Patronato Municipal de Turismo de Loja*
C/Comedias, nº 2, Edificio Espacio Joven
18300 Loja (Granada)
Telf.: 958 321 520
Fax: 958 325 650
info@
www.lojaturismo.com / www.aytoloja.org
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