Buildings in Ferrol
Posted in Architecture, Cruise, Modern Architecture, Trips, War Memorials at 21:10 on 22 March 2017
On the way in to Ferrol from the ship we passed an area known as Arsenal Militar. A mannequin recalled Spain’s military past. Here’s a photo with some beardy bloke beside it:-
Ferrol seems to be laid out in a grid pattern though the streets are not wide. This was at siesta time when the streets emptied:-
The building to the left of the square in the photo above has an odd mixture of architectural styles. See the glass gable-end:-
It was also hard by what may be a memorial to Spain’s colonial wars (if I can trust my reading of the Spanish inscription.) It was in the middle of a busy road so I didn’t linger long:-
You know you’re not in Calvinist Scotland any more when you come across a statue like this in an otherwise perfectly normal street. (Hooded penitents are apparently a big part of Holy Week celebrations in Ferrol.):-






