http://www.andalucia.com/antequera/lovers-leap.htm
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We were told that Stone Age Atequarans built their dolmens to catch the moon rising over the crag. I was lucky to catch one of these Neolithic types adjusting their trainers.
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The main tourist sites are the many churches with over the top Baroque decoration, which is not to my taste at all.
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It was nice to find that in one church they had run out of money to paint the reredos which was left bare to reveal the stunningly carved wood.
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Unfortunately Moorish forts tend to be over restored in Spain.
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The main tourist attraction is the limestone plateau called El Torcal. The bedding planes are almost horizontal which results in quite a bit of precarious rock balancing.
http://www.torcaldeantequera.com/en/
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The scenery on the way to and from El Torcal was equally stunning.
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Brantwood is the name of the house where John Ruskin spent the last decades of his life.
I knew little of Ruskin but became rather passionate about his artistic ability and his ecological and socialist views despite his always saying that he was a conservative.
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Despite the poor mental health Ruskin suffered while at Brantwood there is a sense of elegant design about the whole place which was most satisfying.
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An edition of "In Our Time" on John Ruskin can be enjoyed on
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p003k9bv
Ruskin was also an early photographer using the daguerreotype process
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-31904327
See also extracts from a must have book
https://issuu.com/wattsgallery/docs/john_ruskin_catalogue_issuu_final
