Colmenar Viejo

Colmenar Viejo

Colmenar Viejo is a a town north of Madrid, terminal of the C4 line that passes by Tres Cantos.

It has a splendid city center with a precious gothic basilica, Nuestra Señora de la Asunción where Ciconias perch in a very pittoresque way. Sadly, however, Spanish madness with modern urban constructions led to defacing of what used to be a lovely village nested at the foot of the mountains. Most of what is now a small city is quite ugly. Surroundings remain, however, of stupendous beauty and wildness.

Visits

• I went there on 10 February (2007) for the first time.
• On 23 March (2007), Inma and her choir gave a concert in the church.
• Inma also held various expositions of her artwork in Colmenar.

Pictures

• 
  Elena and the basilica, with a cigüeña (left) and her nest (right) on February (2007).
• 
  Inma and her choir singing in Nuestra Señora de la Asunción [March (2007)].