From Besalu in Catalonia to Chinchon in Castilla-La Mancha about four hundred and fifty miles to the south.
The Plaza is in a marvellous location with a big irregular shaped square that is used for town festivals and the occasional bullfight; it is surrounded by a hierarchical arrangement of buildings of two and three storeys with two hundred and thirty-four wooden running balconies all painted a uniform shade of green called ‘claros’ and below these shops, bars and restaurants on the ground floor all spilling out onto the pavement.
It was the location for one of the opening scenes, a bullfight as it happens, in the 1966 film, ‘Return of the Magnificent Seven’ and was also used as a location for the film ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’.
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Have Bag, Will Travel 
I love that first photo though I hope you were indoors shortly afterwards. Those clouds look very ominous indeed.
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There was quite a downpour soon after. Usually I prefer blue sky but this was very dramatic!
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Not like a Spanish town square at all. Just started to watch a modern update of The Magnificent Seven before the rugby match yesterday but not watched all of it yet. Another place though that looks like a south of France village or town.
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Yes, quite unique this one but it makes a good stadium.
I didn’t watch the new Magnificent Seven, even though it was a reinterpretation itself I have always considered the original western to be one of those films that should never be remade.
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I love the photograph with the tower and the cultivated fields below it. Excellent composition!
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Thank you John. It was a good looking castle but sadly in a state of disrepair and not open to the public.
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Oh, love it!!
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Classic Castilian town and try Anis del Mono!
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Always one of my favourites.
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wow, no wonder you love it there
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It is a lovely village but can get busy in Summer when the people descend from nearby Madrid!
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Lovely moody sky in the header picture
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There was a lot of rain to follow Derrick!
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omg just notice Chinchon is in the comunidad de Madrid not in Castilla La Mancha! it change to Madrid community once north of the A40 road which is in Castilla La Mancha. fyi
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What fascinating balconies.. wow
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Yes, they do have the WOW factor! Thanks.
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Great clouds in that first shot! We don’t often have them, but when we do… 🙂 🙂
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The Rain in Spain and all that…
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Andrew Petcher | February 11, 2019 at 9:29 am | Reply
Yes, quite unique this one but it makes a good stadium.
Tch! Tch! thought he’d know better!
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Lovely place and beautiful pics, when I lived in Madrid I spent a lazy Saturday sipping enough anís with friends to eventually ride the donkeys they had for kids to ride around and around the plaza. Thanks for the memories XD
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Thanks for adding your memory to the post.
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Awesome post and lovely pictures.!!
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