The Romans invaded this sleepy little gorge along the River Trejo in the 1st Century CE

Jun 21, 2022 10:52 PM

The Romans invaded this sleepy little gorge along the River Trejo in the 1st Century CE. But Archeologists believe this area of Cadiz, Spain to have been inhabited for the past 20,000 years. Today the cliffs overlooking this river is home to the town of Setenil de las Bodegas and is famous for its dwellings built into the massive rock overhangs. Modern Setenil evolved from a Moorish fortification constructed over the gorge and gave a defensive view along the river during the 12th Century...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXRvIsx7kI

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I guess I find it more disturbing at how many of the windows are completely barred. Are break-ins that much a problem there?

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I'm just going to step out onto my tiny balcony and stare at the giant rock...

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Oh it’s so big & so very hard

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Found the exact spot on Google Maps. Neat.

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Oh good. I thought my eyes were seriously screwed up.

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Moral of the story is don't fuck with Danny Trejo, who is named after this village.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You mean the moops?

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It looks totally like it was photoshoped in

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Just pray the first boulder lands on your head whenever that breaks away

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the asteroid that landed in the town of

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That's some 9th Cave of the Zelandonii shit

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I was there!! Had some bomb jamón. And took pretty much this exact same photo. Beautiful place.

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That’s Sellia, Town of Sorcery, can’t convince me otherwise #eldenring

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Now that's a rock and a hard place.

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this is it! everyone go home...NOW

4 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 1

Jokes on you, I’m already home.

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I'm now curious what the inside of these buildings looks like.

4 years ago | Likes 78 Dislikes 1

They rock

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Same!

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Punch 'Setenil de las Bodegas interior' into Google images and it brings up a few indoor shots.

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Ty

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I punched google now what?

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You're the man now dog

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Take shots indoors. Alcohol or gun. Your choice.

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Cursed Moors and Samisons. Were it not for their ungodly ways, Master Robin never would have left us!!

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Great movie.

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I'm sorry, it's Moops, the card says Moops!

4 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 1

We're all so old

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What manner of name is Azeem? Scottish, Cornish?

4 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Moorish.

4 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

*recoils*

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Saracens?

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Sandwiches?

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Samsonites

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Samosas

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Samoans

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That's extremely cool... it would give me anxiety tho. Had a rock formation on a ridge behind my childhood home... we called it "the cave" >

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> as there was a small cave there.. but it was more than just that.. was another spot we called the "sandwich rocks", because there were >

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> two massive rocks that had a gap about 3ft(1m) separating them, they sat at about 45degrees, you could crawl thru them up to another >

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> level of the formation... forgot to mention that the outside edge was open, like if you made your hand into a "C" shape. It was a great >

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> place for snowball fights, as there were different levels and multiple ways to get up or down from them. I had crawled thru those rocks>

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> hundreds of times growing up. The last time I went tho, was a couple years ago... I started to crawl up but had to stop... the thought of>

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