Santa Eulalia 01 is a painting by Miki De Goodaboom which was uploaded on August 24th, 2013.
Santa Eulalia 01
Watercolour and ink travel sketch painting of the church and houses in the village of Santa Eulalia in the Provincia of Alicante in... more
Title
Santa Eulalia 01
Artist
Miki De Goodaboom
Medium
Painting - Watercolour And Ink
Description
Watercolour and ink travel sketch painting of the church and houses in the village of Santa Eulalia in the Provincia of Alicante in Spain.
Written by Derek Workman in http://www.roundtownnews.com/rtn-news/rtn-life/item/42549-alicante%E2%80%99s-lunar-landscape.html:
„ As you head up the motorway in the direction of Madrid, a couple of miles after you pass the castle at Sax, slithering along the precipice like a lethargic lizard, you pass the Colonia de Santa Eulalia, a peaceful, picturesque village surrounded by cornfields but with a semi-derelict air and a past shrouded in mystery.
Sit in the centre of the square of baked earth and neglected plants in front of the church — its clock pointing permanently to one minute past two as if signalling the time when the old town died — and try to imagine it as it was in its heyday.
Once, the square was adorned with statues, pools, fountains and gardens, where the Condesa de Santa Eulalia entertained her guests in the Teatro Cervantes behind La Unión, the towering fábrica de alcohols at one side of the square. In its day, the most important performers in Spain trod the boards of this tiny theatre.
The story goes that at the end of the 19th Century, with funds supplied by the Conde de Alcudia, an agricultural engineer built here a village of 20 houses, a farm, a flour factory, a distillery, café and shop, and a small palacio surrounded by beautiful gardens. Sometime later, the count was murdered, by someone rumoured to be in the pay of his wife, who then inflamed local gossip by setting up home with the engineer.
Little by little the lady’s wealth was frittered away by her lover, who later abandoned her. What was left she spent defending herself against an accusation of murdering her husband, until she was reduced to penury and the deepest misery. This is just one story of many that haunt the slowly disintegrating colonia. Others involve a miracle and a giant serpent.
Although the flour factory finally closed its doors in the 1970s, Santa Eulalia isn’t as deserted as it appears at first glance. The permanent population of a dozen or so families is increased at weekends and on fiesta days by visitors, some of whom have holiday homes in the village. Sadly, political in-fighting has meant that promised funds for restoration haven’t become reality and it is feared that this odd but rather engaging little village could tumble into ruin before anything is done to save it.“
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August 24th, 2013
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