Street Art in Cuenca


On our last day in Cuenca, we were free to spend the morning exploring on our own. I walked to the Pumapungo Museum, which is about a mile from the hotel, along La Calle Larga. I was wishing my buddy Elsie had taken the post trip with me, because she would have enjoyed the street art as much as I did. So Elsie, this one’s for you. No narrative, just visuals.

They even paint the poles!

I’m not sure why this art was defaced with graffiti. I thought there were rules.

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Shelley

I am intensely curious, with a spirit of adventure that is tempered by my very strong aversion to anything with potential to cause pain. I love travel, photography, reading, gardening, yoga, music and propelling myself through space (biking, dancing, walking, dancing while walking). I've never considered a lack of proficiency in any of the previous activities to be a hindrance, counting on abundant enthusiasm to make up for my shortcomings.

8 thoughts on “Street Art in Cuenca”

  1. Hi Shelley,

    As always, I enjoyed this series of posts and wish I were physically up to the kind of travel you have been doing.

    Did you ever go to Cuenca, Spain? An entirely different kind of place from the Cuenca you wrote about today. They have a Museum of Abstract Art, and the week we were there they had a display of very angry-looking work (appropriately so) by artists upset with what the Spanish Civil War had wrought upon them and the country. Very old architecture dating back several centuries, painted with lots of color. Very interesting place to visit, and the geologic formations on the journey across the country as you approach Cuenca are stunning. Check ou the web; there are some good pictures. Paul could not put the camera down, We were on a Road Scholar trip and had never heard of Cuenca, but it turned out to be an extraordinary experience not to be forgotten.

    Barbara Schick

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    1. That was a very small sample of the street art. It is everywhere and it’s oh so colorful. It was very encouraging and inspiring to see people getting on with their lives despite the chaos their country has endured. It was a lesson I needed to learn as I returned to our chaotic country.

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