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I will lurk quietly and wait for an answer ...On the stone pillars, there are 3 languages. 1st is Spanish of course and the 3rd is Arabic (says road to palata). Anyone know what the second language is?
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I never learned to read Hebrew but it does look like cursive Hebrew script. And a number of towns and villages like Hervas along the Via de la Plata had significant Jewish communities. So perhaps it is Hebrew or Ladino?Hebrew?
Well the village in the back looks to me like Villanueva de Campean. Am I right?Where was the photo of the stone pillar taken?
I was going to suggest the Solitreo as well. That would make sense.I never learned to read Hebrew but it does look like cursive Hebrew script. And a number of towns and villages like Hervas along the Via de la Plata had significant Jewish communities. So perhaps it is Hebrew or Ladino?
Ladino also came to my mind but I just read that it's Hebrew.I never learned to read Hebrew but it does look like cursive Hebrew script. And a number of towns and villages like Hervas along the Via de la Plata had significant Jewish communities. So perhaps it is Hebrew or Ladino?
I passed by there a couple of years ago and the monument was looking very sad. Quite a lot of graffiti and the central stone/concrete "well" was damaged and full of litter. A bizarre thing to find in the middle of nowhere.Here is a photo of the monument taken by a peregrino who walked the VDLP in 2010.
I am sorry to hear that. Hopefully it will get restored. For some of us it may seem bizarre but for those who have roots and family history there, perhaps not...I passed by there a couple of years ago and the monument was looking very sad. Quite a lot of graffiti and the central stone/concrete "well" was damaged and full of litter. A bizarre thing to find in the middle of nowhere.
Ladino is normally written in Roman script. Until recently there was a Ladino newspaper published in Istanbul using the Roman alphabet.I never learned to read Hebrew but it does look like cursive Hebrew script. And a number of towns and villages like Hervas along the Via de la Plata had significant Jewish communities. So perhaps it is Hebrew or Ladino?
In the present day it is. In the medieval period before the expulsion of most Jews from Spain and the forcing of many into hiding the preferred script was Hebrew. Turkish was written in Arabic script until 1928. These things do change over time.Ladino is normally written in Roman script. Until recently there was a Ladino newspaper published in Istanbul using the Roman alphabet.
Kemal Ataturk abolished the use of Arabic script for Turkish. A common sense reform for a language heavily dependent on vowels.In the present day it is. In the medieval period before the expulsion of most Jews from Spain and the forcing of many into hiding the preferred script was Hebrew. Turkish was written in Arabic script until 1928. These things do change over time.
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