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Choir lectern of the Seville cathedral (detail). Bartolomé Morel (1565)
The minstrels of Seville Cathedral play motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1587-1673)

Several documents link the shipment of a book of motets by Victoria with the group …

Dec. 12, 2025
Damascus. <em>Civitatis Orbis Terrarum<em/>. Georg Braun y Franz Hogenberg (1588)
From Bethsaida to Damascus. Twelfth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

In the last days of October 1588, the caravan in which Francisco Guerrero was travelling …

Dec. 8, 2025
Eruption of 1669. Giacinto Platania
Rogations processions in Catania during the eruption of 1669

Between March and July 1669, Mount Etna experienced its most destructive eruption in two thousand …

Dec. 1, 2025
Cathedral of Valladolid. Project of Juan de Herrera according Fernando Chueca Goitia.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Valladolid (1581-1876)

The collegiate church of Santa María de Valladolid became a cathedral during Victoria's lifetime. The …

Nov. 28, 2025

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Concert between trumpets resident in Valladolid to serve in the events organised by the University (1593)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-08-2022

On 5 October 1593, a two-year concert was established between Pedro de Santiago, as representative of the trumpeters of the city of Valladolid, and Antonio Méndez, trumpet resident in that …

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Works by Francisco Guerrero in Orphenica lyra by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-07-2022

Works by Francisco Guerrero in Orphenica lyra by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554).

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Appointment of Íñigo López de Mendoza as the Marquis of Santillana in Burgos (1445).

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-07-2022

In August 1445, King Juan II granted Íñigo López de Mendoza the titles of Marquis of Santillana and Count of Real de Manzanares. The naming ceremony took place in the …

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