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Sánchez anuncia que pedirá formalmente a la UE la ruptura del acuerdo de asociación con Israel

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://elpais.com/espana/elecciones-andalucia/2026-04-19/sanchez-pedira-formalmente-a-la-ue-la-ruptura-del-acuerdo-de-asociacion-con-israel.html

Sarah 4h ago

#FotoVorschlag 'Einsamkeit'

Beim ersten Anblick dieser Landschaft habe ich mich kurz überwältigt und einsam gefühlt. Die Weite hat mir kurz die Luft zum Atmen genommen. So fühlt sich Einsamkeit für mich an, auch zu Hause.

Der Ort an dem Bergen in der Mitte des Bildes liegt in der Sierra de las Villuercas in der #Extremadura und hat laut Wikipedia eine Bevölkerungsdichte von 3,86 Menschen/km². Ein sehr anderes Gefühl als in #Berlin

EL PAÍS: el periódico global 16h ago

“No se seguirá subvencionando a las ONG que acogen a inmigrantes irregulares, tampoco a las de la Iglesia”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://elpais.com/espana/2026-04-18/no-se-seguira-subvencionando-a-las-ong-que-acogen-a-inmigrantes-irregulares-tampoco-a-las-de-la-iglesia.html

Curiosity Drive 🚐18h ago

[3/3] Mérida cont. Museo Nacional de Arte Romano | National Museum of Roman Art houses artefacts from Augusta Emérita, such as this original 1st C. CE statue of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, from the scaenae frons | backdrop of the Theatre (📷1); the building itself is inspired by Roman brick arches. Casa del Mitreo is another elite residence, built in the late 1st C. outside of the city walls & featuring mosaics, but also notably retaining multiple residual frescoes, such as these two candelabra | candlestick holders (📷2); it was initially mistakenly identified as a temple dedicated to Mithras. The remnant core of Arco de Trajano | Trajan’s Arch stands 14m high (📷3); it was originally clad in marble panels. The smaller Visigothic collection of the National Museum of Roman Art is housed in a separate building, closer to the Alcazaba; among the works is this 7th C. pilaste, a decorative element in this case featuring the motif of Roman window bars (📷4). The Visigoths took control of Mérida in the early 6th C. & it remained an important political & religious centre in the Visigothic kingdom. Our 13km wander through history in 30° took 5.5h.

🇪🇸 #spain #extremadura 🇪🇺 #europe 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🌍 #unesco 🏛️ #roman

Curiosity Drive 🚐19h ago

[2/3] Mérida cont. Anfiteatro Romano | the Amphitheatre of Mérida was a gladiator arena opened in 8 BC, spanning ~64 by ~42 metres across & built partly from opus caementicium | concrete; the central pit was covered with a wooden floor during games watched by 20,000 people (📷1). Teatro Romano de Mérida | the Roman Theatre of Mérida is the city’s headline monument, built 16–15 BCE & still in use today for performance arts (📷2); in Roman times it also found use for town council meetings, electoral assemblies & posthumous tributes to important public figures. Nearby Casa del Anfiteatro | the Amphitheatre House includes rooms & corridors decorated with mosaics, such as this one depicting crushing of the grapes (📷3); note the juice collected in 3 vessels below the winepress. Circo romano | the Roman Circus was the city’s chariot-racing stadium, built in the 1st C. CE (📷4); one of the best preserved of its kind in the entire Roman world, it could entertain 30,000 spectators.

🇪🇸 #spain #extremadura 🇪🇺 #europe 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🌍 #unesco 🏛️ #roman

Curiosity Drive 🚐20h ago

[1/3] We stopped overnight in Medellín, with a castle, Roman theatre & birthplace of Hernán Cortés (who toppled the Aztec Empire enabling Spanish control of Mexico, reshaping the region’s culture, population & power structures through conquest, disease & colonization). In nearby Mérida the UNESCO-listed “Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida” preserves & protects the remains of the Roman colony of Augusta Emérita, founded in 25 BCE. It’s the most complete Roman urban ensemble in Spain & within Europe ranks among an exceptional few outside of Italy. We 🅿️ across the Guadiana River near the foot of Puente Romano, one of the longest surviving Roman bridges at 783m (📷1). At its other end, the Alcazaba | citadel is a 9th C. Islamic fortress built atop Roman works to suppress the revolting local population after the city’s capture by Muslim forces (who renamed it Mérida) in the early 8th C. Most amazing, a vestibule provided access to a double staircase descending to a cistern that was refilled from river water filtered through gravel at the base of a Roman dyke (📷2). Nearby is Palacio de la China | China Palace in Plaza de España, a 1928 department store built in Sevillian style (📷3); like many modern buildings in Mérida, it incorporates Roman remains in its substructure. The Templo de Diana | Temple of Diana is a Roman temple in the ancient forum area that was later incorporated into a noble residence, 15th–16th C. Palacio de los Corbos (📷4); this act likely contributed to the temple’s preservation.

🇪🇸 #spain #extremadura 🇪🇺 #europe 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🌍 #unesco 🏛️ #roman