blooming daizy

Down the well we go. This is one of the two initiation wells in Palacio de Regaleira. It may have been used for ceremonial purposes by the Knights Templar.

View looking up from the initiation well

Me going down the initiation well

Midpoint on the initiation well

Looking up from the midpoint

Lany exiting the well

Waterfall Lake on the palace grounds

A tower as seen from the palace grounds

One of the grottoes on the palace grounds

Me taking a rest after exiting the well

View of a palace tower from the grounds

A closer view of a palace tower

Fonta da Abundância (Fount of Abundance) - one of the founntains on the palace grounds

A palace tower

Palace grounds with the Castle of the Moors and Pena Palace on top of the hill visible

Another view of the palace grounds

Palacio de Regaleira (R) and the Chapel (L) as seen from the palace grounds

Front angle view of the Chapel

Inside the Chapel

Palacio de Regaleira

Octagonal Tower - Palacio de Regaleira

Palacio de Regaleira - adorned with Gothic gargoyles, pinnacles, capitals and its octagonal tower

Exiting the palace grounds

Front view of Palacio de Regaleira

Palacio de Regaleira and palace grounds with stone sculptures

Palace grounds exit and gazebo

Palace grounds with a gazebo near the center and the exit beyond

Another view of the palace grounds exit