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<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
The River Darro and the bell tower of the Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza. David Roberts (1833)
Organ, chant book library and other acoustic features of the Convent of Santa María de la Cabeza in Granada

Documenting musical activity, the organs and the chant books library of Spanish male convents is …

May 2, 2026
Cathedral of Calahorra. Choir.
Inventory of polyphonic books of the Calahorra Cathedral (1628)

An inventory from around 1628, with later additions, reveals the wealth of polyphonic music books …

April 28, 2026

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Inauguration of the bridge of Las Barcas and entrance in Seville of Abū Ḥafṣ (1171)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 26, 2018

Since the end of the 12th century, the bridge of the Barcas over the Guadalquivir River was one of the iconic elements of the city, as well as essential in …

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Private lessons of guitar and other stringed and keyboards instruments in Granada (1810)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 18, 2018

A news published in the Gazeta del gobierno de Granada on April 20, 1810 allows us to approach the private teaching of stringed and keyboard instruments in a particular historical …

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Organ of the convent of San Bernardo in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 9, 2018

Description of the organ of the convent of San Bernardo (Cistercians) in Granada paid for by its abbess, Sor Josefa María de la Asunción Damas, and built by the organ …

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