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Cover: Madrid - Quote from a sonnet by the poet Francisco de Quevedo

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C. de las Huertas, 41, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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City:
Madrid For all signs in Madrid
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Spain For all signs in Spain
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Metal and Concrete
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Literature and poetry


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On the cover:
Miré los muros de la patria mía,
si un tiempo fuertes ya desmoronados
de la carrera de la edad cansados
por quien caduca ya su valentía

Soneto
Francisco de Quevedo
Photography:
2025
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
One of the quotes from writers and poets found in the Barrio de las Letras (Literary Quarter)

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Translation of the text on the cover:
I looked upon the walls of my homeland,
once strong, now already crumbling,
wearied by the passage of time,
by which their valor now fades.

Sonnet
Francisco de Quevedo

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C. de las Huertas, 41, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain (0 Meter)
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C. de las Huertas, 41, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain (5 Meter)
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C. de las Huertas, 35, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain (43 Meter)
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C. de las Huertas, 29, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain (71 Meter)
Madrid - Memorial plaque for the nun Marcela de San Félix
C. de las Huertas, 44, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain (72 Meter)
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