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Last night before I turned off the mobile phone at midnight 1,000 people had died in Spain as a result of COVID-19. While I lay there waiting for sleep to do its thing, I could feel myself trying to physically distance myself from the virus by thinking of those living closer to the epicentre. THE 1941 FIRE IN SANTANDER AND ITS AFTERMATH In total 72,211 firemen battled the fire and its aftermath over 15 days. One of those firemen who came to help – Julian Sanchez from Madrid – lost his life when a building fell on top of him on Monday 17 February. Amazingly – it was the only life claimed by the fire.

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REMEMBERING THE MACHICHACO TRAGEDY OF 1893 IN SANTANDER Some words in Santander carry a burden of sadness about them and one of the saddest must be the word Machichaco. 600 people died and 2,000 were injured in Santander's port in 1893 as a result of two explosions that went off on board a ship named 'Cabo Machichaco'. Last Saturday, a number of associations including my rowing club, A WALKING TOUR OF SANTANDER’S GASTRONOMY A Walking Tour of Santander’s Gastronomy. October 3, 2014 · by Pamela Cahill · in Architecture, Biographical, Food & Drink · 11 Comments. One of the joys of writing this blog is that I never know where it will take me. Three weeks ago, thanks to a post back in February, it brought me to a memorial for six Limerick men who died in

the

SANTANDER’S FUNICULAR ON RIO DE LA PILA The Route. It’s a very short journey of just 72 metres – but it’s the difference in height between the start and the finish of 38 metres that made this an interesting project for the engineers – there is an incline of 32 degrees. The route takes in four stops: Rio de la Pila, Calle San Sebastian, El Prado San Roque and General

Davila.

THE FISH MARKET OF ALL FISH MARKETS The Fish Market of all Fish Markets – Santander’s Lonja in Northern Spain. December 23, 2014 · by Pamela Cahill · in Architecture, Biographical, Food & Drink, History · 10 Comments. This is my fifth Christmas in a row in Santander. As you’d expect, ‘Navidad’ is very different here in Spain and nowhere is that more

evident than at

INSIDE AND OUT

Emilio Botín – the Fisherman. Everybody who spoke, referred to the former chairman of Santander Group, and Renzo was no exception. “I have to make an homage to Emilio Botín because Emilio was a client who understood. You may be a good architect but you certainly need a good client to make a good building, for sure. THE NEW BOTIN CENTRE IN SANTANDER Botin Centre building site from Jardines de Pereda with glimpse of old crane. The cost. The total budget for the centre is 77m euro. In 2012, 21.6m euro of the foundation’s annual budget of 46.3m euro went into the new building. In investment terms it will be the largest private institution in Spain. PEREDA GARDENS PARK BY THE BOTIN CENTRE The writer was honoured in this city with the naming of the new ‘Paseo de Pereda’ Avenue in 1903 and just two years later, the ‘new’ park was named ‘Jardines de Pereda’ or Pereda Gardens. This whole area had been a docking area for boats until the land was reclaimed from the sea in the late 1890s. BRITTANY FERRIES CORK TO SANTANDER Brittany Ferries Cork to Santander – so much more than just a ferry! When Brittany Ferries announced the sea connection between Cork and Santander back in Spring, I felt like I’d won the lottery. This elation made no sense as I already have a direct flight from Santander to Dublin but somehow this sea connection felt so much more

significant.

PAMELA CAHILL

Last night before I turned off the mobile phone at midnight 1,000 people had died in Spain as a result of COVID-19. While I lay there waiting for sleep to do its thing, I could feel myself trying to physically distance myself from the virus by thinking of those living closer to the epicentre. THE 1941 FIRE IN SANTANDER AND ITS AFTERMATH In total 72,211 firemen battled the fire and its aftermath over 15 days. One of those firemen who came to help – Julian Sanchez from Madrid – lost his life when a building fell on top of him on Monday 17 February. Amazingly – it was the only life claimed by the fire.

YouTube. RTVE.

REMEMBERING THE MACHICHACO TRAGEDY OF 1893 IN SANTANDER Some words in Santander carry a burden of sadness about them and one of the saddest must be the word Machichaco. 600 people died and 2,000 were injured in Santander's port in 1893 as a result of two explosions that went off on board a ship named 'Cabo Machichaco'. Last Saturday, a number of associations including my rowing club, A WALKING TOUR OF SANTANDER’S GASTRONOMY A Walking Tour of Santander’s Gastronomy. October 3, 2014 · by Pamela Cahill · in Architecture, Biographical, Food & Drink · 11 Comments. One of the joys of writing this blog is that I never know where it will take me. Three weeks ago, thanks to a post back in February, it brought me to a memorial for six Limerick men who died in

the

SANTANDER’S FUNICULAR ON RIO DE LA PILA The Route. It’s a very short journey of just 72 metres – but it’s the difference in height between the start and the finish of 38 metres that made this an interesting project for the engineers – there is an incline of 32 degrees. The route takes in four stops: Rio de la Pila, Calle San Sebastian, El Prado San Roque and General

Davila.

THE FISH MARKET OF ALL FISH MARKETS The Fish Market of all Fish Markets – Santander’s Lonja in Northern Spain. December 23, 2014 · by Pamela Cahill · in Architecture, Biographical, Food & Drink, History · 10 Comments. This is my fifth Christmas in a row in Santander. As you’d expect, ‘Navidad’ is very different here in Spain and nowhere is that more

evident than at

INSIDE AND OUT

Emilio Botín – the Fisherman. Everybody who spoke, referred to the former chairman of Santander Group, and Renzo was no exception. “I have to make an homage to Emilio Botín because Emilio was a client who understood. You may be a good architect but you certainly need a good client to make a good building, for sure. THE NEW BOTIN CENTRE IN SANTANDER Botin Centre building site from Jardines de Pereda with glimpse of old crane. The cost. The total budget for the centre is 77m euro. In 2012, 21.6m euro of the foundation’s annual budget of 46.3m euro went into the new building. In investment terms it will be the largest private institution in Spain. PEREDA GARDENS PARK BY THE BOTIN CENTRE The writer was honoured in this city with the naming of the new ‘Paseo de Pereda’ Avenue in 1903 and just two years later, the ‘new’ park was named ‘Jardines de Pereda’ or Pereda Gardens. This whole area had been a docking area for boats until the land was reclaimed from the sea in the late 1890s. BRITTANY FERRIES CORK TO SANTANDER Brittany Ferries Cork to Santander – so much more than just a ferry! When Brittany Ferries announced the sea connection between Cork and Santander back in Spring, I felt like I’d won the lottery. This elation made no sense as I already have a direct flight from Santander to Dublin but somehow this sea connection felt so much more

significant.

FREELANCE JOURNALIST If you’ve read any of my blog, you’ll know I’m interested in art, history, gastronomy, architecture and the city of Santander. As a freelance journalist, I’ve also written about technology, business & finance, investor relations and travel for print and online magazines. If you think I could contribute to your publication or corporative HISTORY | PAMELA CAHILL Posts about History written by Pamela Cahill. There’s something special about great city parks in the Summer and this year I’ve been more than happy to explore the newly re-opened Pereda Gardens in Santander beside the Botin Centre. MY FAVOURITE SCOOP AND A FEW MORE BESIDES… My first ice-cream in Santander was probably at Regma.The company has 17 shops or kiosks all over Cantabria. I usually buy Regma in Potes in the Picos de Europa National Park – after a walk/hike in the mountains. Established in 1932, it opens 365 days a year and in the peak sumer months of July and August stays open until midnight or

later.

LLAMAS PARK IN SANTANDER Parks are complex elements of any city. Not only do they provide recreational space, they also define the shape and feel of a city and its neighbourhoods. The most famous park in Santander, Magdalena Park, was a royal residence one hundred years ago. There's no denying that the royal connection gives it caché and the THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER The Wait is Almost Over – Santander’s Centro Botín by Renzo Piano. In 14 days I get to explore inside Centro Botín for the first time so I thought I’d give one last look at the site beforehand and explain why this patch of land in Santander means so much me. Back in 2007, when I moved to this coastal city in Northern Spain, I described LOS RAQUEROS BAY SCULPTURES IN SANTANDER I’ve walked past these sculptures quite a bit recently - and the more I see them - the more I like them. They are 'Los Raqueros' - and the sculptures pay their respects to the city's children that worked for a living. In Santander, the raqueros were children who scraped a living from the docks

MY TWENTY THIRTEEN

This is the time most of us reflect on the past calendar year and I’m no exception. The big difference is this year I have hundreds of photos to jog my memory. It’s been an interesting year. I’ll remember it as the time when I started blogging, got interested in photography, bought a nice camera, VISITING RIBERA FOODMARKET IN BILBAO Sometimes you only appreciate what you've got when you change your surroundings. A few weeks* ago, I went to Bilbao (just one hour away - no need to change time zones) and it was there I realised I should be careful what I wish for. It was a follow-on trip from my Foodies Tour of Santander when a group of

PATRICK O’CONNELL

It’s an ill wind that blows no good, and a few weeks after the Betis debacle in 1947, O’Connell was re-hired at Racing. It coincided with a management re-shuffle and the new board, headed by Luis Pombo Noriega, hoped the 59-year old Dubliner would to able to lead the team back from the third to the second division. RENZO PIANO’S BOTÍN CENTRE GOES FROM 2D TO 3 IN SANTANDER The Pereda Gardens – a camouflage or cloak. In an interview in 2011 Renzo Piano said he is not trying to do a Frank Gehry with this design for Santander’s port. Unlike the Guggenheim that is highly visible from all angles, Piano wants the buildings’ structure as invisible as possible from the city centre and does not want to block any views

of the waterfront.

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SANTANDER IN LOCKDOWN WITH THREE CHILDREN AND TWO DOGS

March 21, 2020

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Last night before I turned off the mobile phone at midnight 1,000 people had died in Spain as a result of COVID-19. While I lay there waiting for sleep to do its thing, I could feel myself trying to physically distance myself from the virus by thinking of those living closer to the epicentre. In currachs in Santander bay " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/1170060-2.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/1170060-2.jpg?w=640"> CURRACHS IN SANTANDER BAY

August 11, 2019

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Pamela Cahill · in Art & Culture , Centro

Botin , Rowing &

Sailing · 12

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Many of you will already know I don’t get out on the trainera much these days, but for the past year, I’ve been part of the team behind a new rowing fixture in Santander Bay called Navigatio. Inspired by the hugely successful Ocean to City race which attracts 650 competitors into Cork Harbour each year Image of the cars in the port of Santander " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/1160547.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/1160547.jpg?w=640"> BRITTANY FERRIES CORK TO SANTANDER – SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST

A FERRY!

September 17, 2018

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Rowing & Sailing

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When Brittany Ferries announced the sea connection between Cork and Santander back in Spring, I felt like I’d won the lottery. This elation made no sense as I already have a direct flight from Santander to Dublin but somehow this sea connection felt so much more significant. Keen to check it out, I boarded that Image of the new art centre in Santander " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/1150416.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/1150416.jpg?w=640"> INSIDE AND OUT – RENZO PIANO’S CENTRO BOTÍN IN SANTANDER

June 24, 2017

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in Architecture ,

Art & Culture , Centro Botin · 4 Comments What can I say about Centro Botín? That it is every bit as good as I had hoped and even better? That I was rendered almost speechless after my visit? That I didn’t want to leave? That I am more enraptured by the beauty of great design than ever before? A Golden Ticket As you

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RENZO PIANO

June 10, 2017

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Biographical , Centro Botin · 2 Comments In 14 days I get to explore inside Centro Botín for the first time so I thought I’d give one last look at the site beforehand and explain why this patch of land in Santander means so much me. Back in 2007, when I moved to this coastal city in Northern Spain, I described

it to

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Spain "

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NEW GUGGENHEIM

January 14, 2017

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Centro Botin · 14

Comments

It happened just before Christmas. El País published a full-length article about Renzo Piano’s Botín Centre in Santander. Around the same time, the Botín Centre was included in an article on the BBC website entitled Buildings to Look Out For in 2017. In a bid to head off the inevitable “Guggenheimification” of Santander, I jotted down “10 Reasons Why Image of Patrick O’Connell

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SANTANDER…

September 13, 2016

� by Pamela Cahill · in History · 18 Comments Inspiration for my blogposts often comes from family and friends who comment or ask a question about a place in Santander and this one is no different. If you know me personally you know my knowledge of the city’s football team, Racing Santander (pronounced Ra-thing San-tan-der) is pretty basic. It’s taken me 24 years to attend a

match

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January 25, 2016

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Architecture , Art

& Culture , History

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Gaudi is a name we associate with Catalonia but I’m still here in Cantabria – just under 50km from Santander to visit El Capricho de Gaudi in Comillas. This privately-held former holiday home designed by Gaudi is open to the public and welcomes 100,000 visitors every year. It celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2015 and

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December 30, 2015

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in Architecture ,

History · 6 Comments It’s been years since I smoked a Fortuna but the old Tabacalera building in Santander does hold a special place in my heart. It’s been one of my favourites since I first caught a glimpse of it rowing on the bay. When I realised it was designed by the same architect who did the petrol station (now a café) beside

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November 5, 2015

� by Pamela Cahill · in History , Rowing &

Sailing · 21

Comments

Some words in Santander carry a burden of sadness about them and one of the saddest must be the word Machichaco. 600 people died and 2,000 were injured in Santander’s port in 1893 as a result of two explosions that went off on board a ship named ‘Cabo Machichaco’. Last Saturday, a number of associations including my rowing club, Image of the new arts centre in Santander Spain " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/1120947.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/1120947.jpg?w=640"> ANTICIPATION BUILDING AT RENZO PIANO’S BOTIN CENTRE

September 26, 2015

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Art & Culture , Centro Botin · 19 Comments My camera and I have spent the last month hanging around park benches in Santander looking suspicious. In addition to helping a woman into an ambulance and wondering why so many kids weren’t back in school when they should be, I did manage to survey the work since I last blogged about the Botin Centre one year Pamela Cahill giving a presentation at the Limerick

Literary Festival "

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March 12, 2015

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History , Kate O'Brien

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I’m back in Santander just over two weeks now. I was in Ireland presenting a paper at the Limerick Literary Festival in honour of Kate O’Brien. Over in Limerick My session was about the book ‘Farewell Spain’ written by the Limerick writer in 1937 and I focused much of my talk on her time in Santander which

A

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NORTHERN SPAIN

December 23, 2014

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Biographical , Food &

Drink , History

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This is my fifth Christmas in a row in Santander. As you’d expect, ‘Navidad’ is very different here in Spain and nowhere is that more evident than at the dinner table. Fish and fishing are an important part of Cantabrian life and for the next two weeks (Christmas lasts right up until January 6 when the Kings The timetable for the foodmarket in Bilbao, The Basque Country, Spain " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/img_9950-mkt.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/img_9950-mkt.jpg?w=640"> VISITING RIBERA FOODMARKET IN BILBAO

November 29, 2014

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Food & Drink , History

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Sometimes you only appreciate what you’ve got when you change your surroundings. A few weeks* ago, I went to Bilbao (just one hour away – no need to change time zones) and it was there I realised I should be careful what I wish for. It was a follow-on trip from my Foodies Tour of Santander when a group of Group shot outside the Esperanza food market in Santander S pain " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/1100050.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/1100050.jpg?w=640"> A WALKING TOUR OF SANTANDER’S GASTRONOMY

October 3, 2014

� by Pamela Cahill ·

in Architecture ,

Biographical , Food & Drink · 11 Comments One of the joys of writing this blog is that I never know where it will take me. Three weeks ago, thanks to a post back in February, it brought me to a memorial for six Limerick men who died in the Spanish Civil War. Last weekend, I found myself standing in front of a

group of 20

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August 25, 2014

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Art & Culture , Centro

Botin , History

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There’s something special about great city parks in the Summer and this year I’ve been more than happy to explore the newly re-opened Pereda Gardens in Santander beside the Botin Centre. The space has been THE topic of discussion with everybody in the city and the subject of much commentary on social media locally. One month Image of the 14-person sardine fishing boats used for rowing on the bay of Santander in Northern

Spain "

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June 21, 2014

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History , Rowing & Sailing

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If we’ve met in person over the past few months, I’ve probably told you about my trips out on the bay. And I’ve probably said that I’ve seen more of Santander in the past year than I have in the past two decades. Writing about the city is one of the reasons and rowing

an

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May 7, 2014

�

by Pamela Cahill · in

Architecture , Art

& Culture ,

Biographical ,

History · 7 Comments There are many reasons why I write about places in Santander. Sometimes it’s to find out a little more about a building that isn’t well known. Or to get a few paragraphs out there about a location or an architect that isn’t documented in English. This time it’s a bit different. I’m writing about the Magdalena Palace

to develop a

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March 5, 2014

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& Culture , Beaches

, History

, Kate O'Brien

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I get my fair share of visits from friends and family – and really enjoy seeing the city of Santander through their eyes. In fact, most of these blogposts are inspired by questions or observations from my out-of-towners. When one such visitor told me that I’d missed a great Kate O’Brien (1897-1974) Literary Weekend last

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February 4, 2014

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in Architecture ,

Art & Culture , Centro Botin · 6 Comments It’s been a tough start to the year in Santander. Not only have the waves been beating the coastline and the wind howling non-stop but those of us who like to follow the progress of the Botin Centre have been trying to do our sums. Is A Project Overrun Likely? We’re combing the usual sources Image of the traditional

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MY TWENTY THIRTEEN

December 30, 2013

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Cahill · in

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, Food & Drink

, Rowing & Sailing

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This is the time most of us reflect on the past calendar year and I’m no exception. The big difference is this year I have hundreds of photos to jog my memory. It’s been an interesting year. I’ll remember it as the time when I started blogging, got interested in photography, bought a nice camera, Image of a white duck in the water at Llamas Santander " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/p1040682.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/p1040682.jpg?w=640"> LLAMAS PARK IN SANTANDER – A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

December 9, 2013

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Parks are complex elements of any city. Not only do they provide recreational space, they also define the shape and feel of a city and its neighbourhoods. The most famous park in Santander, Magdalena Park, was a royal residence one hundred years ago. There’s no denying that the royal connection gives it caché and the

The elegant

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October 31, 2013

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, Biographical

, History

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It’s been a while since I brought you on a walk around Santander. When I heard about a memorial to an English man who had died by the cliffside near the lighthouse I grabbed my camera and went in search of it. The walk is wild and rough and beautiful. And the story is one

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IN SANTANDER

September 29, 2013

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Food & Drink , History

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One of my favourite places to spend some time and cash in Santander is the city’s main food market. For me, it’s a perfect blend of architecture, history, food & drink all rolled into one. It’s called Mercado de la Esperanza  – meaning Market of Hope – and is located immediately behind the town hall in

The

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August 27, 2013

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If you know me – you know I am interested in the new Botín Centre by Renzo Piano in Santander. It’s been a few months since I blogged about it so I thought I’d show you some snaps of a model of the building and the actual work in progress. Not just one but two

View of the

first building on the avenue in Santander post 1941 " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/lapolarcalvosotelo.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/lapolarcalvosotelo.jpg?w=640"> THE 1941 FIRE IN SANTANDER AND ITS AFTERMATH August 2, 2013 · by Pamela Cahill · in

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History · 4 Comments I love the beaches, the art-deco buildings and the whole of Puertochico in Santander but until recently I’ve struggled to understand the city centre. Most of the mediaeval city was burned in the fire of 1941 and I never really liked what was put in its place and tended to avoid the area. This has

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the pier from the Magdalena peninsula to Tower Island " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/p1000457.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/p1000457.jpg?w=640"> ISLA DE LA TORRE – TOWER ISLAND IN SANTANDER

June 28, 2013

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I’ve always been drawn to this building and this island. I was on the beach the other day combining the dangerous task of having a coffee and testing my shiny new camera (it’s a LUMIX GX1 for those of you that might be interested) when I set my sights on the island

and was trigger

View of the Raqueros sculptures bay Santander Cantabria " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/1diving1standing.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/1diving1standing.jpg?w=640"> LOS RAQUEROS BAY SCULPTURES IN SANTANDER

May 30, 2013

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I’ve walked past these sculptures quite a bit recently – and the more I see them – the more I like them. They are ‘Los Raqueros’ – and the sculptures pay their respects to the city’s children that worked for a living. In Santander, the raqueros were children who scraped a living from the docks

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the funicular light rail in fron of the bay of Santander " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cabviews.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cabviews.jpg?w=640"> SANTANDER’S FUNICULAR ON RIO DE LA PILA

May 23, 2013

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Santander is one hilly city. If you are in town for a day or two you might not notice – but if you live in the city – chances are you have a serious hill or two to climb a few times a week. There are buses, tunnels and escalators to help residents avoid the View of an old door on Paseo de Pereda numero 1, Santander, Cantabria " data-medium-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/1.jpg?w=225" data-large-file="https://cahillp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/1.jpg?w=640"> 37 DOORS IN SANTANDER

May 16, 2013 · by

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History · 2 Comments Almost every post to date has involved me walking down ‘Paseo de Pereda’ in Santander. It’s the best-known street of the city with spectacular views of the bay. Whilst the buildings themselves are impressive and interesting, I was even more struck by the doors and thought I’d bring them to you here. Numbers 1 –

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