Town walk · Ronda · Spain
José Martín de Aldehuela
1729–1802 · a real person
An old eighteenth-century architect, precise about stone, guarded about people, softening as the walk nears his bridge
Read what José Martín de Aldehuela says
I am José Martín de Aldehuela, and I drew the bridge that holds this town together. They say I fell from it. They say worse things about what happens inside it. There is a room in my bridge — I built it, and I have never been able to say plainly where it is or what became of it. Walk with me, gather the five parts of its description from the stones of Ronda, and at the gorge you will tell me where it lies.
5 stops · 0.8 km
about 7 min walking, 20 min listening at the stops — going inside is extra · Tap a stop on the map for a preview.
Where it takes you
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27 min · 0.8 km · 5 stops · medium
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The walk
A short loop from the bullring gate down to the lip of the Tajo, told by the man who spanned it. You'll read inscriptions, count columns and arches, and collect five fragments of a description of a room most visitors never notice. The history is real: Ronda's bullring, its bronze ghosts, and the 120-metre gorge that swallowed everything thrown into it.
Start here
Calle Virgen de la Paz, Ronda
Stand in front of the main gate of the Plaza de Toros on Calle Virgen de la Paz, facing the big doorway with the stone shield above it.
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