Napoleon’s ambassador tells his version of 2nd of May Uprising in Madrid
On May 2, 1808, the rumor that the royal family intended to leave Madrid to meet with Carlos IV in...
Read moreOn May 2, 1808, the rumor that the royal family intended to leave Madrid to meet with Carlos IV in...
Read moreOn April 14, 1931, 93 years ago today, the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. The new regime was immediately recognized...
Read moreIn 1690, the Moroccan Sultan Muley Ismail sent to Madrid his personal secretary, Abd al-Wahhab al Gassani, from Fez and...
Read moreToday, the current Instituto Cervantes in Dublin celebrates 50 years since its foundation as the Spanish Cultural Institute on 11...
Read moreThe identification of the Three Wise Men as “gift givers” par excellence at Christmas in Spain and in most of...
Read moreThe image of the Three Wise Men as the "gift-givers" par excellence of Christmas has been part of the cultural...
Read moreIn December 1779, the writer, historian, traveler and plenipotentiary ambassador of Morocco to Spain, Mohamed Ben Otoman Al Meknasi, decided
Read more“It is customary in Madrid to eat twelve grapes by giving twelve hours on the clock that separates the year...
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