Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: Convento de San Antonio

A freezing cold January day.

Autumn in La Sierra de La Cabrera.

By the side of the Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio (and one-time Goya family home) and at the start of one of many possible paths to the summit of Cancho Gordo. Taken on a bitterly cold February day.

Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio and the Sierra de La Cabrera steep southern face as backdrop. Wildflowers in foreground.

Convento Monasterio de San Julien y San Antonio. Sierra de La Cabrera. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyhlad64-s

Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio with Canchos Largo and Gordo as granite backdrops.

Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio, Sierra de La Cabrera.

Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio. A very cold winter's day.

Canchos Largo, Gordo and de La Bola on the ridge, The Convento Monasterio de San Julien and San Antonio mid-distance and broom and lavender in the foreground. Granite throughout!

The Convento Monasterio de San Julien y San Antonio is partly hidden in the trees. La Sierra de La Cabrera with Pico de La Miel prominent at the eastern end of the sierra. One for Pam, not of Cornwall for a change!

La Sierra de La Cabrera, Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio and (left to right on the skyline) Canchos Largo, Gordo and de La Bola. A freezing cold January day.

The convent from above. There are a number of steep ascents to the high point of the ridge from here. I normally ascend by another route and sometimes descend here. I have ascended here twice only and it is pergatory if you are not reasonably fit! Situated at the foot of the steep ridge of the Sierra de La Cabrera.

The monk who keeps an eye on the place, visiting once a day from his flat in the town, kindly showed me round (I was passing the front door as he was parking his car). An informative half an hour tour, including the gardens but it was such an incredibly cold day that we kept moving to try and get some warmth into our bones and the visit was shorter than it otherwise might have been! I didn't take many photos as my fingers were too cold!! Interestingly, the following week was when I met my girlfriend for the first time; she was a new student of mine. I hadn't thought about it before but when I checked the date here, I realised it was so. I suppose I now have to thank Saints Julian and Antonio, rather than serendipity!!!

I have posted many shots of this convent / monastery over the years and this is one of my favourites. Sierra de La Cabrera

Sierra de La Cabrera granite and Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio seen through a rock window.

Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio from the faint path down from El Cancho Gordo. The small but very interesting and varied granite hill of Cerro de La Cabeza is ahead, it has some very ancient settlement sites on its sheltered slopes. This is the monastery seen from the other direction: www.ipernity.com/doc/2247598/45743486/in/album/935766 Best enlarged to the max to view the monastery more clearly. I have just seen that I have also posted this shot quite recently. Apologies!

The clouds came back again later that day but they didn't produce another snowstorm, fortunately!

Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio and La Sierra de La Cabrera as a backdrop. From left to right the 3 highest summits, Los Canchos Largo, Gordo and de La Bola.