À propos de ce lieu
The Plaza de España is the elegant square at the newer-town end of the Puente Nuevo, the great bridge, and it serves as the threshold between the two halves of Ronda. It is a pleasant, open space ringed by handsome buildings, the grandest of which, the former town hall, is now the Parador de Ronda, a state-run luxury hotel with a spectacular terrace overlooking the gorge. The square has a dark literary fame. It was in Ronda, and a square much like this, that Ernest Hemingway set one of the most harrowing scenes in his Spanish Civil War novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, in which townspeople deemed enemies are thrown to their deaths over a cliff into the gorge. The scene was inspired by real atrocities that took place in the town during the war. Today the square is a calm and handsome spot, the gateway to the breathtaking bridge that is our next stop.
À retenir
- 1 Parador — The former town hall on the square is now a luxury Parador hotel
- 1 novel — Hemingway set a harrowing scene of his Civil War novel in a Ronda square
- 1 bridge — The square stands at the northern head of the great Puente Nuevo
📍 Plaza de España, 29400, Ronda