Dins la cova / We are still inside the cave
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Les famoses coves de les bruixes de Zugarramurdi, son en realitat un tunel natural, format pel riu Olabidea, o "rec del Infern" (Infernuko erreka). Curiosament no tenen una entrada, sino cuatre com a minim, tres de molt grans. És un lloc espectacular, que sempre estarà asociat a les bruixes que sembla que s'hi reunien fins al s. XVII.
Les anomenades bruixes (sorginak) es reunien aquí, més concretament en una part petita i el seu prat del davant, conegut com el "prat del cabró", Akelarre. El 1610 la inquisició espanyola feu una cacera de bruixes que portà a la mort a 11 persones, 6 de les quals foren cremades vives a la foguera. Hi ha un parell de pel·licules al respecte, una de més historica, i l'altra de Alex de la Iglesia.
Foto presa amb una Voigtländer Bessa II fabricada el 1951; objectiu Color-Skopar; pelicula Kodak Ektar 100, escanejat amb un Epson V800.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuevas_de_Zugarramurdi
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judici_de_les_bruixes_de_Zugarramurdi
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_brujas_de_Zugarramurdi
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The famous caves of Zugarramurdi, of witches fame, are actually a natural tunnel, formed by the Olabidea River, or "Infernuko Erreka" (Hell's stream). Interestingly, they do not have only two entrances, but at least four, three very large. It is a spectacular place, which will always be associated with the witches who seem to have meet here until the XVII Century.
The so-called witches (sorginak) gathered here, more specifically in a smaller area of the caves and the meadow in front, known as the "goat's meadow", the Akelarre. In fact this place is the origin for the term akelarre, meaning a diabolic meeting. In 1610 the Spanish Inquisition made a witch hunt that killed 11 people, 6 of which were burned alive at the stake. There are a couple of films about it, one of a more historical one, and the other more comic-terror in style.
Picture taken with a Voigtländer Bessa II made in 1951; Color-Skopar lens; Kodak Ektar 100, scanned with an Epson V800.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/cave-of-zugarramurdi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_witch_trials
Dins la cova / We are still inside the cave
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Les famoses coves de les bruixes de Zugarramurdi, son en realitat un tunel natural, format pel riu Olabidea, o "rec del Infern" (Infernuko erreka). Curiosament no tenen una entrada, sino cuatre com a minim, tres de molt grans. És un lloc espectacular, que sempre estarà asociat a les bruixes que sembla que s'hi reunien fins al s. XVII.
Les anomenades bruixes (sorginak) es reunien aquí, més concretament en una part petita i el seu prat del davant, conegut com el "prat del cabró", Akelarre. El 1610 la inquisició espanyola feu una cacera de bruixes que portà a la mort a 11 persones, 6 de les quals foren cremades vives a la foguera. Hi ha un parell de pel·licules al respecte, una de més historica, i l'altra de Alex de la Iglesia.
Foto presa amb una Voigtländer Bessa II fabricada el 1951; objectiu Color-Skopar; pelicula Kodak Ektar 100, escanejat amb un Epson V800.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuevas_de_Zugarramurdi
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judici_de_les_bruixes_de_Zugarramurdi
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_brujas_de_Zugarramurdi
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The famous caves of Zugarramurdi, of witches fame, are actually a natural tunnel, formed by the Olabidea River, or "Infernuko Erreka" (Hell's stream). Interestingly, they do not have only two entrances, but at least four, three very large. It is a spectacular place, which will always be associated with the witches who seem to have meet here until the XVII Century.
The so-called witches (sorginak) gathered here, more specifically in a smaller area of the caves and the meadow in front, known as the "goat's meadow", the Akelarre. In fact this place is the origin for the term akelarre, meaning a diabolic meeting. In 1610 the Spanish Inquisition made a witch hunt that killed 11 people, 6 of which were burned alive at the stake. There are a couple of films about it, one of a more historical one, and the other more comic-terror in style.
Picture taken with a Voigtländer Bessa II made in 1951; Color-Skopar lens; Kodak Ektar 100, scanned with an Epson V800.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/cave-of-zugarramurdi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_witch_trials