Diplomacy with a story

On May 2, 1808, the rumor that the royal family intended to leave Madrid to meet with Carlos IV in...

The life of American diplomat, historian and journalist Stephen Bonsal (1865-1951) was more related to Cuba than to Spain, as...

In 1690, the Moroccan Sultan Muley Ismail sent to Madrid his personal secretary, Abd al-Wahhab al Gassani, from Fez and...

In April 1679, the Countess Madame d'Aulnoy, a French aristocrat who wrote fairy tales, got to know first hand the...

“It is customary in Madrid to eat twelve grapes by giving twelve hours on the clock that separates the year...

The National Lottery, whose most famous event is the Christmas draw held today in Madrid, was created in 1763 on...

Philip IV, a king well known, among other reasons, for his frequent infidelities, love affairs and illegitimate children, was scandalized...

El Corte Inglés, the biggest Spanish distribution company and one of the most important of the world, has always taken...

Between the Cerro Almodóvar Park and the Vía Carpetana, in the Aluche neighbourhood in southwest Madrid, is the Leon V...

Between Isfahan, in Iran, and Valladolid, in Spain, there are 6,388 kilometres taking the shortest route and the trip can...