Entering Ávila from Madrid

Although first impressions are sometimes disappointing, they may also help us to come into contact with a reality. This is the case for the ways we use to enter a place. It was usually the train and what one could see from the rails was the suburbs, the poorest housing in the towns. Something similar happens with the roads. Nevertheless, today's expanding towns offer us a better view.
Coming into Ávila from Madrid the avenue is broad, clear, straight and artistic. There are several sculptures made of iron which, in a certain way, cut the monotony and provide us with elements to understand we are entering somewhere with art.

We may not like the iron works, but they all have a meaning