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The oficial name of this beach is Praia de Augas Santas, but everyone calls it the Beach of the Cathedrals, or Praia das Catedrais in Galician. When one walks between its high rocks, it’s impossible not to feel like wandering through the flying buttresses of giant natural cathedrals dedicated to the sea. In fact, this […]
Some places just have misleading names. For instance, anyone who learns that an age-old monument like this one is called the House of Hippolytus will probably assume that it belonged to a Roman citizen called Hippolytus. However, that is not the case here. These remains in the outskirts of Alcalá de Henares were actually a […]
In the town of Elvillar, in Araba, there is a megalithic burial monument that fluctuates between history and legend. It’s better known as the Witch’s Hut (Sorginaren Txabola in Basque), and it’s one of the most remarkable dolmens in the Basque Country. In the last centuries, the north has had a strong presence of witches, […]
When Cristino Valverde del Barro (1887-1957) found the Sinodal of Aguilafuente in the Segovia Cathedral, he knew he had come across something big. Something important. In fact, he wrote the following statement: “this incunabulum will be a subject of dispute, and perhaps it will determine (…) in the province of Segovia what is the first […]
There is a tragic love story that has been haunting the Aran Valley, a unique land in the Pyrenees, for centuries now. Said story had the most curious outcome: the construction of what probably is Spain’s smallest graveyard, which only keeps one person’s remains. The modest tombstone lies under the shadow of an ancient acacia […]
It is not known how much there is of legend and history about what for more than five centuries has been told and written in Mondoñedo. While Marshal Pedro Pardo de Cela was on the scaffold listening to his death sentence for treason, soldiers of... Continue reading
1 September 1730, a date that Lanzarote has well engraved in its chronicles. Between nine and ten o'clock at night... Continue reading
According to a tradition, during the night of May 25, 1085 some shepherds of the Navarrese town of Abárzuza were... Continue reading
Every year, on the second Monday of October, the streets of New York are filled with Italian flags. A huge parade... Continue reading
Fuerteventura is the oldest island of the Canary archipelago. Formerly known as Erbania, the island is the second... Continue reading
This is the story of Tomás de Zumalacárregui, a general who was known as 'Uncle Tomás' among his ranks, and a... Continue reading
Galicia is a land where fact and fiction can easily be confused, especially if you are a bit of a novelist. Places... Continue reading
Trasmoz, a name that etymologically comes from 'trasmontes', is a very small village of Zaragoza with only 90... Continue reading
The history of Hercules with the Andalusian Community is very exhaustive. His love for Andalusia when it was not... Continue reading
There are events in history that are kind of blurred, because stories don't always have logic or people don't want... Continue reading
In Santiago de Compostela, during Christmas night of 966, the dismissed and prisoned Bishop Sisnando Menéndez... Continue reading
Luis de Borbón y Saboya was born in Madrid on August 25, 1707, son of Felipe V of Spain and María Luisa Gabriela... Continue reading
On the grounds adjacent to the current Calle de la Navarrería in Pamplona took place the biggest massacre in the... Continue reading
A horde of red-eyed, coal-black-faced orcs besiege the gates of Helm's Deep, the fortress behind which the city of... Continue reading
In the year 1035, when king Sancho el Mayor of Navarre - who had coined a currency with the title of “Emperor of... Continue reading
On November 2, 1918, The New York Times published a story about a mysterious illness that appeared to be some kind... Continue reading
Puente la Reina is the Navarrese village where the two main branches of the Camino de Santiago are located: the... Continue reading
In 1487, two simultaneous dramas were being developed on the lands of the Kingdom of Granada. On the one hand,... Continue reading
Could a Spanish head of the Council of Ministers looking for a monarch cause the most terrible conflict in... Continue reading
Who has not heard of the Battle of Roncesvalles, with Charlemagne and the knight Roldán? This is one of the most... Continue reading
On the evening of June 14 1929, on the beach of Oyambre, four men got off the plane with which they had just made... Continue reading
'In the background, the buildings of the Grao, the big houses where the warehouses are, the consignees, the... Continue reading
