Napoleon’s ambassador tells his version of May 2nd uprising in Madrid
On May 2, 1808, the rumor that the royal family intended to leave Madrid to meet with Carlos IV in...
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International diplomacy following the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931
On April 14, 1931, ninety years ago today, the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. The new regime was immediately recognized...
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The Holy Week in Baroque Madrid told by a French aristocrat
In April 1679, the Countess Madame d'Aulnoy, a French aristocrat who wrote fairy tales, got to know first hand the...
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An American diplomat in the Sevillian Holy Week of the 19th century
The life of American diplomat, historian and journalist Stephen Bonsal (1865-1951) was more related to Cuba than to Spain, as...
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17th century Madrid’s Holy Week in the eyes of a Muslim Ambassador
In 1690, the Moroccan Sultan Muley Ismail sent to Madrid his personal secretary, Abd al-Wahhab al Gassani, from Fez and...
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The Three Wise Men’s gifts, a Hispanic tradition with 500 years of history
The identification of the Three Wise Men as “gift givers” par excellence at Christmas in Spain and in most of...
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The Franco-Prussian War, a conflict that began in Spain and changed Europe
On 18 January 1871, 150 years ago, the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles was the scene and...
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The residence of first ambassadors of the Holy Roman Empire in Madrid in 1561
In 1561, exactly 460 years ago, Madrid was literally invaded by a host of new tenants as a result of...
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