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<em>Puerta de Carmona in Seville</em>. Jenaro Pérez Villaamil. Coloured lithograph from <em>España artística y monumental</em>, tomo II (1844)
From Barcelona to Seville, with a stopover at Montserrat. The seventeenth and final stage of Francisco Guerrero’s Journey from Jerusalem (1589)

During the final stage of their return journey from Jerusalem, Francisco Guerrero and his disciple …

May 20, 2026
Cathedral of Sevilla.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Sevilla (1578-1724)

The typology of transcribed documents from the Cathedral of Seville that speak of Tomás Luis …

May 16, 2026
<em>An old view of Vitoria</em>. Benito de Casas
A theatrical performance at the corral de comedias of the Alahóndiga in Vitoria (1679)

In 1691, Madame d’Aulnoy published her Relation du voyage d’Espagne in Paris, a controversial text …

May 11, 2026
The altarpiece of the Heads of Saints Peter and Paul. Córdoba Cathedral
The foundation, burials and endowments of the Altar of Las cabezas de San Pedro y San Pablo (15th century)

According to the will of Juan de Rojas, the altar of Las cabezas de San …

May 10, 2026

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Taverns in Seville in 1599

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 20, 2017

Taverns were a favourable setting for the performance of popular music, as is reflected in the painting Three Musicians (c. 1617), one of the youthful works of the Sevillian painter …

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Zawiyya in the Albaicín

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 4, 2017

In the first half of the 14th century, the Banu Sidi Buna family established a&nbsp;zawiyya&nbsp;(=&nbsp;marabout) in the upper part of the Albaicín that survived until the capture of the city …

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