Sucre and the Castillo de la Glorieta


 

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In Sucre, this arch marked the entrance into the oldest part of the central city area.

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A beautiful tree-lined street!

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One of Sucre's many historic and beautiful churches.

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White buildings and clean streets are a part of what makes Sucre a delightful Bolivian city.

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Approaching the Glorieta, your first view!

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Only a small portion of the Glorieta's grounds.

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Nearly every room had ornate ceiling touches such as this one. The rooms had Italian marble or French cedar floors.

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Here is another view of some of the grounds.

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This was the lake! Early photos of the estate show people enjoying afternoons floating in the lake.

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Nasty subject...but this was part of the estate's dirty water flushing system. It relied on gravity to work! And, it did!

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Here was a children's swimming pool! Pretty neat, Huh?

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This tree-line path of imported pines provided carraige access to the grounds.