A VISIT TO THE HISTORICAL CENTER.

Our students and classmates from the third bilingual course, made a visit to the old town of Hellín with our History and Geography teachers, visiting the remains of the old fortress and medieval castle of Muslim origin built between the 10th and 11th centuries.

We climbed the medieval slopes and stairs where Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together in medieval times.

We enjoyed wonderful views; we saw the old fountains today located in the Entreculturas school and a stone that fell during the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 that was felt in our city.

We passed through the narrowest street in Hellín, where it is a tradition to touch both walls with your hands and kiss each other and listen a legend that has it the Emperor Charles V of Austria slept in an inn on his way from Cartagena to Madrid.

Finally we pass through one of the old doors that gave access to the medieval city, the Alcaraz´s door, near the Gothic Church of the Assumption. Thanks to Barbara Muñoz, our teacher archaeologist and Paco Piñera for joining us on this excursion.

(Teacher Rafa. April, 2023).