OLVERA
CADIZ, SPAIN
IMAGE NUMBER 715
At the tip of the "White towns route", the city of Olvera is located in the province of Cadiz, near the borders of the provinces of Seville and Malaga. The main monument of this city is itself. A phrase that exemplifies this reality is "Olvera is a street, a church and a castle, but what a street, what a church and what a castle!" For that reason Olvera was declared “A Protected Area of Artistic and Historical Importance” in 1983.
Dominating the area, like the top of a pyramid, is Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación (the Parish of Our Lady of the Incarnation) next to the Arabic Castle: it is the vertex of a white expanse of houses amongst olive groves. This church, in neoclassic style, was built by the orders of the Duke of Osuña in 1822. Nicholas de Ribera, El Viejo, 'the old one', was born in Olvera in 1487 and took part in the conquest of Peru. In 1535 he was named the first mayor of Lima.
TECHNICAL NOTES
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 35. Exposure of 1/125th of asecond and an aperture of f10. 45 mm Phase One wide angle lens with focal plane shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.