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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Araujia sericifera (cruel plant), native to South America, is now widespread in Valencia. It climbs citrus trees without parasitizing them and is considered invasive. Perhaps the challenge is not only eradication, but understanding its ecological role and finding a balance.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The former Monastery of Santa Maria de la Valldigna, featuring a Baroque church, in Valencia, Spain.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Some believe the Voynich manuscript is a hoax. Others think it's something else entirely.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The other day I found, in a bookstore in Valencia, Spain, specializing in very old texts, this French New Testament with beautiful illustrations of the life of Christ. I bought it immediately. #IllustratedBible

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The Marseille Tarot is considered the oldest deck of cards used to explore the beyond, seeking a connection between matter and the spiritual world. Mastering it does not require great knowledge, but it does demand humility—something not everyone possesses. #tarotmarseille

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Today I found this amphora half-buried on my orange farm in Valencia, Spain. In a first analysis, it appears to date from the late 18th century.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

#Bible of Felipe Scío, a direct translation from the Latin Vulgate of Saint Jerome, published in the 18th and 19th centuries. This edition was produced in Barcelona in 1856

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Typical Mediterranean food, brothy rice with thistle stalks. #Spain, #Valencia

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

a.co/d/iP6QbI6 The digital version is already available; the printed one will be out soon on Amazon.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

On these coasts of Valencia, the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans discovered a different world, a paradise.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The cemetery is the last place we go before our encounter with God. Photo taken in Spain by the Mediterranean Sea.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Today you can download it for free. The Secret of Virginia a.co/d/6d7QwvZ

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Ancient book. The Divine Comedy, Dante. Illustrations by Gustave Doré. Barcelona, 1871.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

#Benidorm #Spain, the Mediterranean Sea: Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans... the dawn of Western civilization...

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Tavernes de la Valldigna (Valencia, Spain) on the shores of the Mediterranean, is a wonderful place to live.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Free weekend www.amazon.es/Simone-Alexa...

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Manor house in a town in Valencia (Spain). Simat was founded by King James I of Aragon at the end of the 13th century.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Ancient stone walls without cement or any other binding material, used in farmlands in Valencia (Spain) on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, withstand heavy rains and earthquakes.

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Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Rice with meat and vegetables, including a type of thistle that only grows in Valencia (Spain) on the shores of the Mediterranean. It is a food rich in fiber, and they say it extends life.