This image of the city of Alicante was taken from the side of a mountain shows an uneven skyline of distant rocky mountains and unique concrete and tile buildings.

To the bottom right of the screen is a football pitch, a feature of cities all across Spain, and in the centre right you’ll see a round-shaped building, the city’s Plaza de Toros. In the centre left is an area of green which hosts an abandoned fortress, the Castell de Sant Ferran, built in 1813 and named after King Fernando VII, who became the King of Spain after the expulsion of Napoleon’s brother during the War of Independence. Alicante was one of the last cities to be occupied by nationalist forces at the end of the Spanish Civil War, and the castle was used as a concentration camp for republican prisoners of war throughout 1939. From what I can tell, the large building you see in the centre of the image is just an apartment building, and it reminds me of a similar building in the Welsh town of Cwmbran, called ‘The Tower’; a multi-storey complex that looks quite out of place compared to its surroundings.

It’s funny that despite the uniqueness of each city in every country, there are always aspects which we can associate to others around the world. I suppose it goes to show that no matter where we come from, we aren’t so different after all.

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