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[bardofely]

Santa Bárbara, just out of Icod, has pyramids all over the place and farmers grow papaya, grapes, lettuce and other crops around them. In one street there is a house right next to one and even a Pastelaría la Pirámide!

Here are some pics:



House by a pyramid



If you fancy some cake



Papaya tree and pyramid



This pyramid looks down on the sea
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[loopyleanne_]

wow lovely pics bard!!! how long have they been there?
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[rob]

[bardofely]

Good question, Leanne - all the pyramids here have debatable origins. Some say they were made by the Guanches and others that the landowners here built them.
From what I have been able to find out there was a much bigger one in La Mancha that was destroyed for development there and in Santa Bárbara there is a road that cuts right through what looks like the remains of one. This is quite common though and in the UK much of Avebury stone circle got used in local buildings and there people built a village and a pub within the ancient monument.

Nobody shows much interest in the Santa Bárbara ones it appears!

Only me!
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[margaretbl]

interesting photos Bard we can always count on you
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[loopyleanne_]

so there not as old as rob then
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[margaretbl]

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[MaryJ]

Ha Ha

Leanne,

That was a good response to Rob's leg pulling!
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[MaryJ]

oops, Sorry Bard,

Meant to say what interesting pictures, thanks for posting them.


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