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Friday, June 30, 2017

Throne room: Segovia Spain

     It is interesting to me how Americans and Europeans understand history.  As a Californian, we view history as beginning around 1849.  When traveling on the East Coast of the U.S. you note that things started happening around 1649 or even 1749. Fly to Europe and history goes away back;  a church was built in the 12th Century, a town founded before history was recorded. 
     The throne room in Segovia Spain reminds one of how far along Europe was at the same time America was just being "discovered" a third time after the native Americans and Vikings....
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