Escuela Nacionales, Sierra Nevada, between Orgiva and Cadiar, Southern Spain.

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What an amazing location for a school – perched right on the rocky outcrops of the Sierra Nevada, on both sides of the plot: steep drops to a dry river bank below.  I was not expecting the incredible story to go with the picture – this is not just a crumbling home or farm, as expected from the road view; but an old school for the tiny pueblos and villages scattered in the, now snowy, Alpujarras with blackboard and children’s scribblings still in tact!  The lighting, view and feeling of this building was beautiful, I would love to know when the school was closed down, and whether it was due to sheer lack of funding…. Anyway, now the school remains lost in the rubble…