Rosendo the rocker pays tribute in Australia to Rosendo the missionary
The story seems picturesque, crazy and even surreal, but it happened as it is told: Rosendo Mercado, the veteran rocker from Carabanchel
Gifts from the Three Wise Men, 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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Saudi Embassy swallowed an ABC practical joke about oil prices in 1979
Before the fake news became fashionable all over the world, in Spain and in many other places it was already...
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The Nativity Scene: a Neapolitan custom which Carlos II brought to Spain
Tradition says that the Christmas custom of representing the scenes of the Nativity of Jesus with figures was introduced in...
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Troubetzkoy, the Russian princess who introduced the Christmas tree in Spain
As it is common in these cases, the origin of the Christmas tree includes all kinds of legends, from those...
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National Lottery’s war origin, from Esquilache to the Cortes of Cádiz
In 1759, Carlos VII of Naples became Carlos III of Spain, and by virtue of this, one of his main...
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Starts Diego de Pantoja’s Year, pioneer of Spain-China cultural exchange
The Instituto Cervantes inaugurated last Wednesday in Madrid the Año Diego de Pantoja, with which it is intended to pay...
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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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The Holy Week of 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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